Comparing Religions Through Law: Judaism and Islam

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Joseph Neusner has written 650 books on religion, including "Types of Authority in Formative Christianity and Judaism", "Intellectual Foundations of Christian and Jewish Discourse", and "Interpreting Islam: Bandali Jawzi's Islamic Intellectual History." This book focuses on comparing the religions of Judaism and Islam through the field of law.

Tamara Sonn is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of South Florida, specialising in Islam. Her publications include Interpreting Islam: Bandali Jawzis Islamic Intellectual History. Jacob Neusner is Distinguished Research Professor of Religious Studies at the University of South Florida and Professor of Religion at Bard College, New York. He is the author of numerous publications, the most recent being The Intellectual Foundations of Christian and Jewish Discourse.

"This work provides a scholarly model for a greater understanding of the two relilgions of Judaism and Islam. Highly recommended..."-"Choice ..."a hugely important and fascinating topic."-"Middle East Quarterly, June 2000