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Reuven Firestone is an American academic and historian of religion, who serves as the Regenstein Professor in Medieval Judaism and Islam at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion's Skirball Campus in Los Angeles and Affiliate Professor of Religion at the University of Southern California.[1]
Reuven Firestone is an American academic and historian of religion, who serves as the Regenstein Professor in Medieval Judaism and Islam at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion's Skirball Campus in Los Angeles and Affiliate Professor of Religion at the University of Southern California. <ref>"Reuven Firestone". www.huc.edu. Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. Retrieved 10 January 2021. </ref>
=Biography=
=Biography=
Firestone was born in Northern California and has lived with his family in Israel, Egypt, and Germany.[1] He regularly lectures in universities and religious centers throughout the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.[1] He has initiated and continues to be involved in numerous projects and initiatives which bring together Jews, Muslims, and Christians, Jews and Arabs, and Israelis and Palestinians.[1]
Firestone was born in Northern California and has lived with his family in Israel, Egypt, and Germany.<ref>"Reuven Firestone". www.huc.edu. Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. Retrieved 10 January 2021. </ref> He regularly lectures in universities and religious centers throughout the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.<ref>"Reuven Firestone". www.huc.edu. Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. Retrieved 10 January 2021. </ref> He has initiated and continues to be involved in numerous projects and initiatives which bring together Jews, Muslims, and Christians, Jews and Arabs, and Israelis and Palestinians.


Firestone earned his B.A. at Antioch College, his M.A. and Rabbinic ordination from the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in 1982,[1] and was awarded his Ph.D. in Arabic and Islamic studies from New York University in 1988. His scholarship focuses on Jewish studies, the Hebrew Bible and its exegesis, the Quran and its exegesis, Islamic–Jewish relations, religious phenomenology, comparative religion, and interfaith dialogue.[1] He has researched and written extensively on the topics of religious violence and holy war in Islam and Judaism.[2][3]
Firestone earned his B.A. at Antioch College, his M.A. and Rabbinic ordination from the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in 1982, and was awarded his Ph.D. in Arabic and Islamic studies from New York University in 1988. His scholarship focuses on Jewish studies, the Hebrew Bible and its exegesis, the Quran and its exegesis, Islamic–Jewish relations, religious phenomenology, comparative religion, and interfaith dialogue. He has researched and written extensively on the topics of religious violence and holy war in Islam and Judaism.<ref>Cobb, Paul M. (July 2003). "Review - Jihad: The Origin of Holy War in Islam. By Reuven Firestone. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999". Journal of Near Eastern Studies. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 62 (3): 222–223. doi:10.1086/380335. </ref> <ref>Rodman, David (June 2014). "Review - Holy War in Judaism: The Fall and Rise of a Controversial Idea. By Reuven Firestone. New York: Oxford University Press, 2012". Israel Affairs. Taylor & Francis. 20 (3): 431–432. doi:10.1080/13537121.2014.897027. S2CID 145739976. </ref>


He is currently recipient of the Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship in Berlin and Sigi Feigel Visiting Professorship for Jewish Studies at the University of Zürich.[1] He served as vice president of the Association for Jewish Studies (AJS) and president of the International Qur’anic Studies Association (IQSA).[1]
He is currently recipient of the Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship in Berlin and Sigi Feigel Visiting Professorship for Jewish Studies at the University of Zürich. He served as vice president of the Association for Jewish Studies (AJS) and president of the International Qur’anic Studies Association (IQSA).<ref>"Reuven Firestone". www.huc.edu. Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. Retrieved 10 January 2021. </ref>


=Publications=
=Publications=
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• Firestone, Reuven (April 1990). "The Problem of Sarah's Identity in Islamic Exegetical Tradition". The Muslim World. Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell. 80 (2): 65–71. doi:10.1111/J.1478-1913.1990.TB03485.X. S2CID 170666826.
• Firestone, Reuven (April 1990). "The Problem of Sarah's Identity in Islamic Exegetical Tradition". The Muslim World. Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell. 80 (2): 65–71. doi:10.1111/J.1478-1913.1990.TB03485.X. S2CID 170666826.


• Firestone, Reuven (1990). Journeys in Holy Lands: The Evolution of the Abraham-Ishmael Legends in Islamic Exegesis. Albany, New York: SUNY Press. ISBN 978-0-7914-0331-0.[4][5][6]
• Firestone, Reuven (1990). Journeys in Holy Lands: The Evolution of the Abraham-Ishmael Legends in Islamic Exegesis. Albany, New York: SUNY Press. ISBN 978-0-7914-0331-0. <ref>Monnot, Guy. Revue De L'histoire Des Religions, 209 (1) (1992), pp. 77–78. JSTOR 23671213.</ref>


• Firestone, Reuven (Autumn 1991). "Difficulties in Keeping a Beautiful Wife: The Legend of Abraham and Sarah in Jewish and Islamic Tradition". Journal of Jewish Studies. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 42 (2): 196–214. doi:10.18647/1603/JJS-1991. S2CID 163970126. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
• Firestone, Reuven (Autumn 1991). "Difficulties in Keeping a Beautiful Wife: The Legend of Abraham and Sarah in Jewish and Islamic Tradition". Journal of Jewish Studies. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 42 (2): 196–214. doi:10.18647/1603/JJS-1991. S2CID 163970126. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
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• Firestone, Reuven (2008). Who are the Real Chosen People? The Meaning of Chosenness in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Woodstock, Vermont: SkyLight Paths Publishing. ISBN 978-1-59473-248-5.
• Firestone, Reuven (2008). Who are the Real Chosen People? The Meaning of Chosenness in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Woodstock, Vermont: SkyLight Paths Publishing. ISBN 978-1-59473-248-5.


• Firestone, Reuven (2008). An Introduction to Islam for Jews. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society. ISBN 978-0-8276-0864-1. LCCN 2007047352. S2CID 163765208.[7][8]
• Firestone, Reuven (2008). An Introduction to Islam for Jews. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society. ISBN 978-0-8276-0864-1. LCCN 2007047352. S2CID 163765208.<ref>Ward, Seth. Shofar, 22 (3) (2004), pp. 131–135. JSTOR 42943683. </ref>


• Firestone, Reuven; Heft, James L.; Safi, Omid, eds. (2011). Learned Ignorance: Intellectual Humility among Jews, Christians, and Muslims. New York: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199769308.001.0001. ISBN 9780199769308. S2CID 171197549.
• Firestone, Reuven; Heft, James L.; Safi, Omid, eds. (2011). Learned Ignorance: Intellectual Humility among Jews, Christians, and Muslims. New York: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199769308.001.0001. ISBN 9780199769308. S2CID 171197549.


• Firestone, Reuven (2012). Holy War in Judaism: The Fall and Rise of a Controversial Idea. New York: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199860302.001.0001. ISBN 9780199860302. S2CID 160968766.[9]
• Firestone, Reuven (2012). Holy War in Judaism: The Fall and Rise of a Controversial Idea. New York: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199860302.001.0001. ISBN 9780199860302. S2CID 160968766. <ref>Johnson, James Turner. Journal of the American Academy of Religion, 81 (2) (2013), pp. 560–563. JSTOR 24486030.</ref>


• Firestone, Reuven (2012). ""Jihadism" as a new religious movement". In Hammer, Olav; Rothstein, Mikael (eds.). The Cambridge Companion to New Religious Movements. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 263–285. doi:10.1017/CCOL9780521196505.018. ISBN 978-0-521-19650-5. LCCN 2012015440. S2CID 156374198.
• Firestone, Reuven (2012). ""Jihadism" as a new religious movement". In Hammer, Olav; Rothstein, Mikael (eds.). The Cambridge Companion to New Religious Movements. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 263–285. doi:10.1017/CCOL9780521196505.018. ISBN 978-0-521-19650-5. LCCN 2012015440. S2CID 156374198.
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