Goshen-Gottstein, Alon <br/><br/>
Same God, Other God   Judaism, Hinduism, and the Problem of Idolatry 

 - New York  Palgrave Macmillan  2016 
 - 265p 
 - Interreligious Studies in Theory and Practice ;   201600ENGGPS3 .
<br/><br/> includes index and biblioraphy 
<br/><br/>1. Presentations  Book presentation......11  Model case presentation: The sheitel Crisis............17  2. Introducing avoda Zara  Avoda Zara: Introducing the Catagory.......27  Avoda zara:Mental Attitude...........33  3. The other God: Defining avoda Zara   Understanding avoda Zara:The maimonidean Model.........47  Avoda Zara Between jews and Gentiles: Nachmanides` Model.........59  Shituf:Applying a construct of Christianity to hinduism.............81  Shituf: Critical and constructive reflections.....................93  Thinking of Hinduism in light of Meiri...............107  4. The same God: Rethinking Hinduism  Do Jews and Hindus worship the same God?.......131  From Hindu God to hindu gods: Confronting the particularity of hindu Deities ...................147  Revisiting the worship of Images: Glimpses of a Future Dialogue..........173  5. When Is a religion avoda zara?  Beyond a global Approach to Hinduism ..............185  Concluding reflection............205   
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781349571895  2787 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Idolatry<br/>Judaism<br/>Rabbinic Literature
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>S98  / G692