Title: Same God, other God : Judaism, Hinduism, and the problem of idolatry /
Authors: Goshen-Gottstein, Alon.
Year: 2016
Subjects: Idolatry.; Judaism Doctrines; Rabbinical literature History and criticism.; Judaism Relations Hinduism; Hinduism Relations Judaism
Contents: Book presentation -- Presentation of author -- Model case presentation: the sheitel crisis -- Avoda zara: introducing the category -- Avoda zara: mental attitudes -- Understanding Avoda zara: the Maimonidean model -- Avoda zara between Jews and Gentiles: Nachmanides' model -- Shituf: applying a construct of Christianity to Hinduism -- Shituf: critical and constructive reflections -- Thinking of Hinduism in light of Meiri -- Do Jews and Hindus worship the same God? -- From Hindu God to Hindu Gods: confronting the particularity of Hindu deities -- Revisiting the worship of images: glimpses of a future dialogue -- When is a religion Avoda zara? Beyond a global approach to Hinduism.