A journal About Cultural And Civilizational Interaction
BRIIFS is intended to provide a venue for interdisciplinary academic inquiry into all fields of the humanities and social sciences that bear upon cultural or civilizational interaction such as anthropology, archaeology, fine arts, history, literature, politics, and sociology, and to situate cultural contact in a global context.
The Prophet Moses in the Three Monotheistic Traditions: Challenges and Controversial Issues
Peter Madros deceased in 2019, before the publication of this article.
Moses: Unity and Diversity – Abrahamic Perspectives
This contribution will explore the extent to which Abrahamic dialogue is dependent upon unity rather than diversity and will make reference to…
The Vision of Moses in Early Christianity: The Case of the Transfiguration of Jesus
“In the Hebrew Bible and in its ancient Greek and Aramaic versions, the figure of Moses is presented in a multitude of…
The Figure of Moses in Islam: An Interpretative Hypothesis
The figure of Moses is very complex in the Islamic tradition, both in terms of the interpretation of the Qur’anic passages concerning…
M.J. Lagrange, The Pontifical Biblical Commission and the Mosaic Authenticity of the Pentateuch
In his SOUVENIRS PERSONNELS, published posthumously in 1967,1 Marie-Joseph Lagrange (1855-1938), founder of the École Biblique et Archéologique Française in Jerusalem, comments…
The Father of All Prophets: Moses as Prophet and the Prophecy of Moses in Jewish, Christian and Islamic Traditions
Mose – מֹשֶׁה (Mosheh), Μωυσῆς or Μωσῆς (Mōysēs or Mōsēs), موسى (Mūsā) – belongs without doubt to those figures of religious history,…
The Changing Religious Landscape: Implications for Civil Society and Foreign Affairs
[First §] In 1999, the sociologist Peter Berger noted that: “the world is as furiously religious as it ever was, and in…
Droits des Non Musulmans dans la Société Musulmane
[First §] En établissant les droits de l’Autre, l’Islam prescrit au musulman de respecter, dans son comportement, les adeptes des autres religions…
Call for papers
The Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies is dedicating a special number of BRIIFS (Volume 20) to publish the proceedings of the Conference “Arab Non-Muslim contribution to Islamic Civilisation Heritage”, which was held in Amman, Jordan on 14th February 2024, organised by RIIFS and IFPO with the support of the French Embassy in Amman. This special issue is edited by Mehdi Berriah (Ifpo) and Renee Hattar (RIIFS).
Deadline for submission is 30 November 2024.
Read the submission guidelines.