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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... interpretation , etc.- History . 5. Koran . Surat al - Saffat - Criticism , interpretation , etc. - History . 6. Fatherhood - Religious aspects - Comparative studies . 7. Gender . 8. Ishmael ( Biblical figure ) . I. Title . BS1238 ...
... 137 Chapter Seven . Muslim Interpretations 162 PART FOUR THE TESTIMONY OF PSYCHOANALYSIS Chapter Eight . Freud's Blind Spot Chapter Nine . Sa ( l ) vaging Freud 187 189 211 PART FIVE THE SOCIAL LEGACY 231 Chapter 10. Sacrificing Our.
... interpretation , namely sacrifice and faith , contexts that predetermine possible lines of interpretation . For example , if the story is viewed in the context of the theories and meanings of sacri- fice , then the questions put to it ...
... interpretation turns on the meaning of paternity and shows how the definition and assumptions about paternity made ... interpretations ; the meanings have been assumed , not examined . Drawing on anthropologi- cal studies of kinship and ...
... interpretation ( see Mintz , 1984 ; McNeill , 1986 ; Sahlins , 1981 ; Samuel and Thompson , 1990 ) . People continue to derive their identity , orient their lives , and in- terpret the meaning of life from the patterns first charted by ...
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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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