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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... Gender . 8. Ishmael ( Biblical figure ) . I. Title . BS1238.S24D44 222'.11068 - dc21 1998 98-12174 " The Story of Abraham " by Alicia Ostriker , which originally appeared in 5 A.M. 2 , no . 3 ( 1990 ) , is reprinted with the permission ...
... gender definitions and roles ; and which children , under what circumstances , shall be deemed acceptable and be provided for . My purpose is not to reinvigorate these values but to challenge them at their foundation . The story of ...
... gender , I argue that neither the role nor the power of the father is a given in nature and the order of things , but that both are intimately connected to a particular theory of procreation , a theory that is , in turn , connected to a ...
... gender . 6 From today's perspective , this theory of procreation is obviously erro- neous . Today we believe that both male and female contribute the same kind of thing to the identity of a child , namely genes , and that each con ...
... gender , kinship , and procreation pervade them all . These assump- tions form the backdrop for interpretations ; they are the things that go without saying ; they underlie and unite a seeming variety of interpreta- tions and ...
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 |
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