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Abraham on trial : the social legacy of biblical myth /

"Abraham on Trial questions the foundations of faith that have made a virtue out of the willingness to sacrifice a child. Through his desire to obey God at all costs, even if it meant sacrificing his son, Abraham became the definitive model of faith for the major world religions of Judaism, Chr...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Delaney, Carol Lowery, 1940- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [1998]
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505 0 |a Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1: Abraham On Trial -- ch 1. Abraham on Trial: Case for the Prosecution -- ch 2. Abraham as Alibi? A Trial in California -- Part Two: Archaeological And Biblical Evidence -- ch 3. Child Sacrifice: Practice or Symbol? -- ch 4. Child Sacrifice in the Bible -- Part 2: Religious Defenses And Their Silences -- ch 5. Jewish Traditions -- Part 3: Religious Defenses: Prolegomenon -- ch 6. Christian Commentary -- ch 7. Muslim Interpretations -- Part 4: The Testimony Of Psychoanalysis -- ch 8. Freud's Blind Spot -- ch 9. Sa(l)vaging Freud -- Part 5: The Social Legacy -- ch 10. Sacrificing Our Children -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index. 
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