Between Universalism and Particularism: The Reception of Noah, Abraham and Jacob Stories

The study deals with Jewish and Christian reception of the Book of Genesis and how the concepts "e;universalism"e; and "e;particularism"e; are used in Noah, Abraham and Jacob stories before the rise of Islam. As a synthesis of its discussed topics, the volume is a useful resource to understand early development of universalistic and particularistic ideas which became central theological topics in the three Abrahamic religions.