Edward Rothstein, of The New York Times, reviews “Three Faiths: Judaism, Christianity, Islam,” a new exhibit at the New York Public Library:
Out of many, one. That could well be the motto of this ambitious exhibition. It focuses on “the three Abrahamic religions” — Judaism, Christianity and Islam — each of which takes as a forebear an “itinerant herdsman” of the Middle East, Abraham, who affirmed belief in a single God. As the show puts it, Abraham rejected “the religions of antiquity with their plethora of gods, each imbued with a particular attribute, purpose and power,” replacing the many with the one.
Read the complete review here.
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AMA citation:
Gelman C. Review of “Three Faiths” exhibition at NYPL. The Immanent Frame. 2010. Available at: http://blogs.ssrc.org/tif/2010/10/25/review-three-faiths/. Accessed May 26, 2013.
APA citation:
Gelman, Charles. (2010). Review of “Three Faiths” exhibition at NYPL. Retrieved May 26, 2013, from The Immanent Frame Web site: http://blogs.ssrc.org/tif/2010/10/25/review-three-faiths/
Chicago citation:
Gelman, Charles. 2010. Review of “Three Faiths” exhibition at NYPL. The Immanent Frame. http://blogs.ssrc.org/tif/2010/10/25/review-three-faiths/ (accessed May 26, 2013).
Harvard citation:
Gelman, C 2010, Review of “Three Faiths” exhibition at NYPL, The Immanent Frame. Retrieved May 26, 2013, from <http://blogs.ssrc.org/tif/2010/10/25/review-three-faiths/>
MLA citation:
Gelman, Charles. "Review of “Three Faiths” exhibition at NYPL." 25 Oct. 2010. The Immanent Frame. Accessed 26 May. 2013. <http://blogs.ssrc.org/tif/2010/10/25/review-three-faiths/>
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