Children of Abraham | Book and Music Lists [Speaking of Faith® from American Public Media]

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Recommended Reading
The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation, and Commentary Abdullah Yusuf Ali (Ed.) Tahrike Tarsile Qur'an, 1998 ISBN: 0940368315		The Koran Interpreted: A Translation A.J. Arberry Touchstone Books, 1996 ISBN: 0684825074

Abraham: A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths Bruce Feiler HarperCollins, 2005 ISBN: 0060838663		Walking the Bible: A Journey by Land Through the Five Books of Moses Bruce Feiler Harper Perennial, 2002 ISBN: 0380807319

Fear and Trembling Søren Kierkegaard (translated by Alastair Hannay) Penguin Classics, 1986 ISBN: 0140444491		Prophets in the Quran: An Introduction to the Quran and Muslim Exegesis Brannon M. Wheeler Continuum International Publishing Group, 2002 ISBN: 0826449573

Progressive Muslims: On Justice, Gender, and Pluralism Omid Safi Oneworld Publications, 2003 ISBN: 185168316X		The Last Trial: On the Legends and Lore of the Command to Abraham to Offer Isaac as a Sacrifice, The Akedah Shalom Spiegel Jewish Lights Publishing, 1993 ISBN: 187904529X

JPS Hebrew-English Tanakh: The Traditional Hebrew Text and the New JPS Translation Jewish Publication Society, 1999 (2nd ed.) ISBN: 0827606567		The Five Books of Moses translated by Everett Fox Schocken Books, 2000 ISBN: 0805211195

Music in Program
Works: 1965-1995 Steve Reich Excerpts from "The Cave" Nonesuch 79451		Benjamin Britten: The Five Canticles & 3 Purcell Realisations Anthony Rolfe Johnson et al. "Canticle II: Abraham and Isaac Op. 51" Hyperion 66498

Klezmer Soul Kol Simcha "Shabbes" / "Lullaby for Clarinet + Piano" ANG 67734		Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy Louis Armstrong and His All-Stars "Aunt Hagar's Blues" Sony 64925

Pärt: Miserere The Hilliard Ensemble "Sarah Was Ninety Years Old" ECM 1430		Highway 61 Revisited Bob Dylan "Highway 61 Revisited" Sony

Blue Flame Simon Shaheen "Blue Flame" / "Dance Mediterranea" / "Silk Tears" Ark 21		Sufi Music of Turkey Kudsi and Suleyman Erguner "Tales from the Ney" Times Square Records

Classical Dreams: Music to Inspire Christoph Eschenbach "Old and Lost Rivers" Virgin Classics		"Rocka My Soul" Joe Carter (bass), Tom West (piano) MPR studio recording