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Word: particularist (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...want a symbol for universal humanity, go to Adam," he says. "Don't go to Abraham, because his whole story is about the singling out of one guy to found a new family, a distinct family marked off from the rest of humanity. He was always a particularist." Another stumbling block between Jews and Muslims is that they are working from two different texts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Legacy of Abraham | 9/30/2002 | See Source »

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