Book of the Gentile and the Three Wise Men

The Book of the Gentile and the Three Wise Men is an apologetic work by Ramon Llull, first written in Arabic and later in Catalan and Latin. It takes the form of a dialogue: a "Gentile", a pagan, speaks with three wise men who represent Judaism, Christianity and Islam, the three main Abrahamic religions.

Each of the wise men presents his religion, and the Gentile must choose among them. Surprisingly, Llull, a Christian polemicist, does not reveal the Gentile's choice and does not establish the superiority of Christianity as one might expect. The work is left open-ended: the wise men explain that they prefer not to know which religion he will pick, so that each may freely choose and so that the question can be discussed through reason and intellect.