The Old Testament Hebrew Scriptures in Five Minutes - Philippe Guillaume
4. Do All Religions Have Sacred Books?
The Old Testament Hebrew Scriptures in Five Minutes - Philippe Guillaume
Russell T. McCutcheon [+]
University of Alabama
Russell T. McCutcheon is University Research Professor and, for 18 years, was the Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Alabama. He has written on problems in the academic labor market throughout his 30-year career and helped to design and run Alabama’s skills-based M.A. in religion in culture. Among his recent work is the edited resource for instructors, Teaching in Religious Studies and Beyond (Bloomsbury 2024).
Description
Judaism has Hebrew Scriptures, Christianity the Bible, and Islam the Qur’an. Others either do not have writings or have a sacred text that was sometimes produced by an outsider. All these writings greatly differ in their contents and functions.