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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... seem only a bizarre twist on the ordinary . People who read about the incident over their morning coffee noted it , registered a reaction , and turned the page , muttering , " The man must be crazy . " In this way , the man was defined ...
... 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 , perhaps , to neither ? The story , however , con- veys the ...
... seem sacrilegious to ques- tion these 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 ...
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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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