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Interpreting Abraham : journeys to Moriah / Bradley Beach and Matthew T. Powell, editors.

Contributor(s): Beach, Bradley [editor.] | Powell, Matthew T [editor.]
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Minneapolis : Fortress Press, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: xiv, 233 pages ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780800699581 (print); 0800699580 (print)Subject(s): Isaac (Biblical patriarch) -- Sacrifice -- Comparative studies | Abraham (Biblical patriarch) -- Comparative studies | Bible. Genesis, XXII, 1-19 -- Criticism, interpretation, etc | Bible. Genesis -- Criticism, interpretation, etcBibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-228) and indexes.
Contents:
Judaism: Jewish uses of the Akedah: Genesis 22:1-19 / John H. Spitzer -- Christianity: traditional Christian interpretation of Genesis 22 / Carey Walsh -- Islam: engaging with Abraham and his knife: interpretation of Abraham's sacrifice in the Muslim tradition / Isra Yazicioglu -- Kant: the attack on Abraham / Ronald Green -- Hegel: abductive inference, autonomy, and the faith of Abraham / Preston Stovall -- Kierkegaard: resignation and the "humble courage of faith" in Kierkegaard's Fear and trembling / Andrew Tebbutt -- Kafka: a tale of two Abrahams / Matthew T. Powell -- Levinas: unbinding the other: Levinas, the Akedah, and going beyond the subject / Laurence Bove -- Derrida: Derrida and the test of secrecy / Chris Danta -- Our journeys to Moriah / Bradley Beach.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-228) and indexes.

Judaism: Jewish uses of the Akedah: Genesis 22:1-19 / John H. Spitzer -- Christianity: traditional Christian interpretation of Genesis 22 / Carey Walsh -- Islam: engaging with Abraham and his knife: interpretation of Abraham's sacrifice in the Muslim tradition / Isra Yazicioglu -- Kant: the attack on Abraham / Ronald Green -- Hegel: abductive inference, autonomy, and the faith of Abraham / Preston Stovall -- Kierkegaard: resignation and the "humble courage of faith" in Kierkegaard's Fear and trembling / Andrew Tebbutt -- Kafka: a tale of two Abrahams / Matthew T. Powell -- Levinas: unbinding the other: Levinas, the Akedah, and going beyond the subject / Laurence Bove -- Derrida: Derrida and the test of secrecy / Chris Danta -- Our journeys to Moriah / Bradley Beach.

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