The Parable of the Three Rings and the Idea of Religious Toleration in European Culture

• Main Author: Shagrir, Iris (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Religion-History.; Religion-Philosophy.; Literature, Medieval.; Europe-History-476-1492.; History of Religion.; Philosophy of Religion.; Medieval Literature.; History of Medieval Europe.

This book examines the premodern encounter between the three monotheistic religions through the unique prism of a premodern literary work-The Parable of the Three Rings-a poignant and charming tale of a father who had three sons and one precious ring. By tradition he was to bequeath the ring to his...