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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... Child Sacrifice : Practice or Symbol ? Chapter Four . Child Sacrifice in the Bible 69 71 87 PART THREE RELIGIOUS DEFENSES AND THEIR SILENCES 105 Religious Defenses : Prolegomenon 107 Chapter Five . Jewish Traditions 111 Chapter Six ...
... child , my first grandchild . During the hard work of writing , they were a most delightful distraction and helped me keep some needed perspective . Stephen poignantly kept in front of me the insanity of a system that has made a virtue ...
... Child . God Told Him To . So accustomed are we to horrendous tales of domestic violence that this headline might seem only a bizarre twist on the ordinary . People who read about the incident over their morning coffee noted it ...
... child sacrifice and the institution of animal sacrifice . But even if child sacrifice was practiced in the ancient Near East , a discussion of which will occupy chapters 3 and 4 , such interpretations fail to recognize that Abraham is ...
... child was his to sacrifice ? At first blush , the question seems meaningless . God asked him . But could or would the all - knowing God ask only one parent for the child , knowing that a child belongs to both mother and father or ...
Contenido
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 |
295 | |
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