Interpreting Abraham
Subtitle: journeys to Moriah
By: Bradley Beach and Matthew T. Powell, editors
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
ISBN-13: 9780800699581; 9781451452372
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Bible; Comparative studies; Sacrifice of Isaac; Akedah; Sacrifice; Influence; Criticism, interpretation
Description: "Interpreting the Akedah-- across tradition and across time. The story of Abraham and Isaac is a story of near universal importance. Sitting near the core of three of the world's great religious traditions, this nineteen-verse story opens a world of interpretive possibilities, raising questions of family, loyalty, faith, and choices that are common to us all. This collection of essays ... takes up the question of how our interpretation of this pivotal text has changed over time, and how, even in unlikely places, the story influences our thought. It begins by exploring various readings of Abraham and the Akedah story throughout [sic] the traditional lenses of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. From there it moves into modern and postmodern readings, including how such varied thinkers as Kant and Kierkegaard, Kafka and Derrida have engaged the text. Interpreting Abraham demonstrates the diversity of interpretations and the dramatic impact of the story on the Western intellectual tradition."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-228) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Judaism: Jewish uses of the Akedah: Genesis 22:1-19  -- John H. Spitzer; title: Christianity: traditional Christian interpretation of Genesis 22  -- Carey Walsh; title: Islam: engaging with Abraham and his knife: interpretation of Abraham's sacrifice in the Muslim tradition  -- Isra Yazicioglu; title: Kant: the attack on Abraham  -- Ronald Green; title: Hegel: abductive inference, autonomy, and the faith of Abraham  -- Preston Stovall; title: Kierkegaard: resignation and the "humble courage of faith" in Kierkegaard's Fear and trembling  -- Andrew Tebbutt; title: Kafka: a tale of two Abrahams  -- Matthew T. Powell; title: Levinas: unbinding the other: Levinas, the Akedah, and going beyond the subject  -- Laurence Bove; title: Derrida: Derrida and the test of secrecy  -- Chris Danta; title: Our journeys to Moriah -- Bradley Beach.