Phyllis TribleHagar, Sarah, and Their Children: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Perspectives

Really interesting, well-researched book. The book is written academically, it is not a story or a fictional tale. It incorporate information from the various religious books as well as historical commentary. You can tell that the author did a lot of research and I learned a lot from her summary of the various stories and interpretations of the story of Abram and his wife.4/5 stars because there is not a lot of information about Hagar. I was hoping it would reveal new information about her, but it does not go very much beyond what is written in the Torah, Quran, and Bible. Most of the book was focused on Sarah and Abraham.However, it was still very interesting. It definitely left me with questions and prompted me to continue reading to find more information.

This review is specific to the "Kindle Edition" - I am still reading the book and enjoying what I have read so far, so my review of a hard-copy would be much better....This is not really a "Kindle Edition", it is more like a hard-copy scanned into Kindle format. The are no links to the chapters as Kindle treats the whole book as just one unit. Much worse for me is the fact that the end-notes don't work as hyperlinks. Usually, when I want to read an end-note, I click on it and it takes me to the note, then I click again and it takes me back to the text. With this book, I have to guess an approximate location for the note, flip to the exact place and, then, do the same process again to get back to where I stopped reading the book. It's insane!I am big fan of Kindle editions, but I WOULD NOT recommend buying this book in digital format.

Had no idea that one story in Genesis could have so many interpretations, all seemingly valid! The roles of Abraham and Ishmael in the Muslim tradition is especially intriguing. My only criticism is the rather small typeset is a challenge for my macular degeneration.

Very spacious and good light weight material. Perfect for moving a bunch of stuff and it breaks down incredibly small so it stores nicely!

I find this book is full of lots of information. It has to be read as a text book. I'm enjoying it. If one is interested in early Christian History it's a great tool for learning.

I LOVED the first chapter - the rest of the book not so much. but i am sharing the book and would recommend it if only for the Trible part.

An insightful book

It is good to use.

This is an excellent volume of essays, from various contributors, offering plenty of insight. The opening survey by Phyllis Trible, about the differing perspectives regarding Sarah and Hagar and how they’ve historically played out, is worth the price tag alone. A great resource for those seeking understanding.