¿Abrahamic religions¿ has gained currency in scholarly and ecumenical circles as a way to refer to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Carol Bakhos steps back from the convention to ask: What is Abrahamic about these three faiths? She challenges references to Judaism and Islam as sibling religions and warns against uncritical adoption of the term.

Carol Bakhos is Associate Professor of Late Antique Judaism at the University of California, Los Angeles.