Contributors
Abbreviations
Introduction
Patrick Gray
Chapter 1) Finding Judaism's Founders
Mark Leuchter
Chapter 2) The Buddha: Historicizing Myth, Mythologizing
History
Nathan McGovern
Chapter 3) When the Founder is Not a Creator: Confucius and
Confucianism Reconsidered
Cai Liang
Chapter 4) What is Daoism and Who is Its Founder?
Gil Raz
Chapter 5) Jesus, Paul, and the Birth of Christianity
Patrick Gray
Chapter 6) Muhammad's Mission and the Din of Ibrahim according to
Ibn Ishaq
R. Kevin Jaques
Chapter 7) Hinduism and the Question of Founders
Måns Broo
Chapter 8) Crossing Boundaries: When Founders of Faith Appear in
Other Traditions
Mark Muesse
Index
Patrick Gray is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee. He has published five books on the Bible, the history of biblical interpretation, and Hellenistic philosophy, including Opening Paul's Letters: A Reader's Guide to Genre and Interpretation.
"By examining the 'founders' of various religious traditions, this book helps us to better understand both those individual traditions and the connections between them. It is an especially useful resource for those who are interested in comparative theology." --Amir Hussain, Professor of Theological Studies, Loyola Marymount University
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