The study of sacred texts and online resources

The study of sacred texts and online resources 

By Matthew L. Skinner and Joshua MZ Stanton

11 November 2011

New York, NY: Imagine: an Iraqi reporter for Jewish-Muslim relations in medieval Spain, published an article online about a Jewish student in Israel after reading interest has arisen in the work. Then by contacting the student about the possibility of Muslim-Jewish coexistence that his interview.

The decline in the regional politics and borders to enable constraints.

The Internet and religious identities of people and their sacred texts to entities in the long-running debate has a chance to continue. Whom Abraham was to sacrifice his son: his son Isaac, the Jewish and Christian traditions A central figure, or Prophet Ishmael, whose story is of central importance for Muslims? Alsaya in the Hebrew Bible had predicted the birth of Jesus? And yes, what is the most important prophet? But based on ignorance and religious texts differed in level of online conversations and make the most desperate courage is low.

sacred texts of other religious traditions have not seriously studied. most Mufassireen interpret them in a manner which does not 'outsiders' get an invitation to join the conversation.

Jewish tfasyr position, confirming that these events will come in a dream? Christians have ever thought how these concepts relate to the stories are based on his interpretation of Christ's obedience and death, it was a sign? To each other more openly religious texts, often without the kind of approach to the study of Jewish, Christian and Muslim armies emphasis will be on old stereotypes, such as the isolation of their leaders and scholars model adopted are.

Online activity "scripture about" the capacity to do this type of online media group that begins a multi-faith, Odyssey Networks, a leading online news site, Huffington Post has done in collaboration with Learn about the three religions will be easy.

Activity began to work independently "of sacred texts" in the Torah and the Christian Bible is published weekly in an online article, offered interpretations that religious leaders who have a statement of their sacred texts, whose guidance this particular tradition traditional approach has been to study the Word.

And his life level are determined. despite the differences can understand you.

* Matthew L. Skinner St. Paul, Minnesota as associate professor of New Testament at Luther seminary and "sacred texts about" the founding editor. Joshua MZ Stanton, journal of inter-religious dialogue "and" About the Torah "In addition to being a founding co-editor of hybru sustrmyn rybanykl fellow Union College. This article was written for the Common Ground News Service (Cg News) was written for.

Source: Common Ground News Service (CGNews) 11 November 2011