The Gods are broken!
Subtitle: the hidden legacy of Abraham
By: Jeffrey K. Salkin
Publisher: Jewish Publication Society
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 157
ISBN-13: 9780827609310
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Idololatrie; Idols and images; Rabbinische Literatur; Bible; Criticism, interpretation; Antisemitismus; Judentum; Genesis; Ikonoklasmus; Monotheism; Monotheismus; Biblical teaching; Midrash rabbah; Antisemitism; Worship; Iconoclasm
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-157).
Table of contents: title: 1. Out of Ur; title: 2. Abraham the iconoclast; title: 3. Which Gods shall we break today?; title: 4. Three paths to the sacred; title: 5. The primal trauma of the Jewish people; title: 6. (Re)embracing Tera; title: 7. From broken idols to broken tablets; title: 8. The sound of broken glass: Jewish iconoclasm and anti-Semitism.