Abraham on Trial: The Social Legacy of Biblical MythPrinceton University Press, 2000 - 333 páginas 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, Christianity, and Islam. In this bold look at the legacy of this biblical and qur'anic story, Carol Delaney explores how the sacrifice rather than the protection of children became the focus of faith, to the point where the abuse and betrayal of children has today become widespread and sometimes institutionalized. Her strikingly original analysis also offers a new perspective on what unites and divides the peoples of the sibling religions derived from Abraham and, implicitly, a way to overcome the increasing violence among them. |
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... Isaac ( Biblical patriarch ) —Sacrifice . 2. Child sacrifice- Religious aspects - Comparative studies . 3. Abraham ( Biblical patriarch ) 4. Bible . O.T. Genesis XXII , 1-19 - Criticism , interpretation , etc.- History . 5. Koran ...
... Myth Carol Delaney. PART FIVE THE SOCIAL LEGACY 231 Chapter 10. Sacrificing Our Children 233 Conclusion 251 Notes Select Bibliography Index 255 295 317 Illustrations 1. Sculpture by George Segal , Abraham and Isaac X CONTENTS.
... Isaac , Princeton University 10 2. Beehive - domed houses in Haran , allegedly Abraham's home , now a village in southeastern Turkey 79 3. Genealogical chart : The Children of Abraham 102 4. The Sacrifice of Isaac by Marc Chagall 110 5 ...
... Isaac , whom thou lovest , and get thee into the land of Moriah ; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one ... Isaac his son , and clave the wood for the burnt offering , and rose up , and went unto the place of which God had ...
... Isaac . " When George Segal was commis- sioned to make a sculpture commemorating the deaths of the students at Kent State , he chose the theme of Abraham and Isaac . And when Kent State rejected it on the grounds that it was too ...
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Abraham on Trial Case for the Prosecution | 17 |
Abraham as Alibi? A Trial in California | 35 |
ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND BIBLICAL EVIDENCE | 69 |
Child Sacrifice Practice or Symbol? | 71 |
Child Sacrifice in the Bible | 87 |
RELIGIOUS DEFENSES AND THEIR SILENCES | 105 |
Prolegomenon | 107 |
Jewish Traditions | 111 |
THE TESTIMONY OF PSYCHOANALYSIS | 187 |
Freuds Blind Spot | 189 |
Sa1vaging Freud | 211 |
THE SOCIAL LEGACY | 231 |
Sacrificing Our Children | 233 |
Conclusion | 251 |
Notes | 255 |
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