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Shared Stories, Rival Tellings: Early Encounters of Jews, Christians and Muslims

Shared Stories, Rival Tellings: Early Encounters of Jews, Christians and Muslims J Bible Recept 2016; 3(1): 161­163 Book Review Robert C. Gregg: Shared Stories, Rival Tellings: Early Encounters of Jews, Christians and Muslims. New York: Oxford University Press, 2015. pp. xviii +721; Color Plates. $39.95 Reviewed by Rebecca Lyman: The Samuel Garrett Professor of Church History emerita, The Church Divinity School of the Pacific, Berkeley, CA, USA, e-mail: lyman.rebecca@gmail.com DOI 10.1515/jbr-2016-1007 At the end of his comparative study of exegesis between Jews, Christians, and Muslims, Robert Gregg makes the shrewd observation that continued scriptural study is the "oxygen" of revealed religions, in which each generation discovers and teaches afresh God's self-revelation in the sacred text. This sense of delight and respect in the generative creativity of exegetes pervades this dense and nuanced exploration of Abrahamic religions in late antiquity. Following recent work on the mutual influences between ancient Judaism and Christianity, Gregg sets out to explore how common biblical stories were told within the three religions as a means of confirming and strengthening each group's identity in being God's elect, and also to refute others who shared the stories, but misunderstood their true meaning. As the former Dean of Religious Life at Stanford University who was a pioneer in http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of the Bible and its Reception de Gruyter

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J Bible Recept 2016; 3(1): 161­163 Book Review Robert C. Gregg: Shared Stories, Rival Tellings: Early Encounters of Jews, Christians and Muslims. New York: Oxford University Press, 2015. pp. xviii +721; Color Plates. $39.95 Reviewed by Rebecca Lyman: The Samuel Garrett Professor of Church History emerita, The Church Divinity School of the Pacific, Berkeley, CA, USA, e-mail: lyman.rebecca@gmail.com DOI 10.1515/jbr-2016-1007 At the end of his comparative study of exegesis between Jews, Christians, and Muslims, Robert Gregg makes the shrewd observation that continued scriptural study is the "oxygen" of revealed religions, in which each generation discovers and teaches afresh God's self-revelation in the sacred text. This sense of delight and respect in the generative creativity of exegetes pervades this dense and nuanced exploration of Abrahamic religions in late antiquity. Following recent work on the mutual influences between ancient Judaism and Christianity, Gregg sets out to explore how common biblical stories were told within the three religions as a means of confirming and strengthening each group's identity in being God's elect, and also to refute others who shared the stories, but misunderstood their true meaning. As the former Dean of Religious Life at Stanford University who was a pioneer in

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