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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... issues that recur throughout the book . But it could not raise the most important question , the question that motivated this book and the years of research that have gone into it : Why is the willingness to sacrifice one's child the ...
... a context already shaped by the values inherent in the Abraham story . His rationale depends on these values and his defense rests on them . The emotional power of Valenti's story helps to focus a number of moral issues , 12 INTRODUCTION.
... issues , but it never challenges the model on which it is based : Abraham is never put on trial . The second section ( chapters 3 and 4 ) addresses the common belief that the story is meant to mitigate a more ancient practice of child ...
... issues . As Abraham takes the knife to slay his son , God calls out : " Because thou hast done this thing , and hast not withheld thy son , thine only son : I will bless thee , and I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven and as ...
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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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