TALK: The Conversion of Abraham to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
Jon D. Levenson (Jewish Studies, Harvard University)
Wednesday, January 25 / 8:00 PM
Victoria Hall, 33 West Victoria Street
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Abraham is often described as the common father of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, the three traditions that venerate his memory. The use of the figure of Abraham in interfaith dialogue, however, usually masks the fact that Abraham as known in the book of Genesis offers scant support for the varying interpretations given him in those religions. Abraham both separates and links the surviving Abrahamic religious communities and does so in interesting ways. Jon D. Levenson, Albert A. List Professor of Jewish Studies at Harvard University, is the author of numerous books including The Death and Resurrection of the Beloved Son: The Transformation of Child Sacrifice in Judaism and Christianity and Creation and the Persistence of Evil: The Jewish Drama of Jewish Divine Omnipotence.

Sponsored by The Herman P. and Sophia Taubman Foundation Endowed Symposia in Jewish Studies at UC Santa Barbara, a program of the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center, and Walter H. Capps Center for the Study of Ethics, Religion, and Public Life at UCSB.

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