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Download or read book The Religions of the Book written by Matthew Dimmock and published by Palgrave MacMillan. This book was released on 2008-04-03 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Religions of the Book is the first study to explore the relationship between Christianity, Judaism and Islam in the Early Modern period. A series of distinguished contributors debate the complicated terms in which these 'Religions of the Book' interacted in negative and positive ways, revealing predictable hostilities alongside attempts to forge links and explore connections. The collection illuminates a crucial but neglected area of Eruopean culture from the late Middle Ages to the end of the seventeenth century.