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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... EVIDENCE Chapter Three . 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 ...
... evidence that characterize it ; each section also tends to partake of the discursive style of that disci- pline . Despite the differences , I demonstrate that the same assumptions about gender , kinship , and procreation pervade them ...
... evidence for and against the practice . Like the archaeological evidence , the evidence in the Bible is generally considered later both narratively and chronologically than the Abraham story . Although the sacrifice of children may have ...
... evidence from several very different perspec- tives is brought forth . Attend to the kinds of questions that have been asked , and to the silences . Consider whether and how well the evidence supports my argument . You the reader must ...
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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 |
295 | |
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