Lectures & Symposia
Maimonides on Islam and Christianity
James Robinson, University of Chicago | Yousef Casewit, University of Chicago | Matthew Levering, University of Saint Mary of the Lake | David Novak, University of Toronto
In biblical times, the religious divide between the Jews and the Gentiles was straightforward: the Gentiles worship a variety of "other gods" (polytheism); the Jews alone worship the One and Only God, the Creator of the universe (monotheism). But with the rise of Christianity and Islam, there are now two peoples claiming to worship the same God as do the Jews. How did Maimonides accept these claims, yet cogently affirm the superiority of Judaism?
