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Unbinding Isaac : the significance of the Akedah for modern Jewish thought / Aaron Koller.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Description: 1 online resource (xxxiv, 223 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780827618459
  • 082761845X
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Unbinding Isaac.DDC classification:
  • 222/.1106 23
LOC classification:
  • BS1238.S24 K65 2020eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Jewish experiences of the Akedah -- 2. Kierkegaard -- 3. Jewish parallels from the century of Kierkegaard -- 4. Jewish followers from the twentieth century -- 5. Criticizing Kierkegaard -- 6. On child sacrifice -- 7. Maimonides and the complexity of the Divine Will -- 8. Rejecting child sacrifice -- The demands of God and people.
Summary: "Unbinding Isaac assembles multiple strands of thought and modern knowledge of ancient human sacrifice to offer an original reading of the Akedah. God would like to want child sacrifice-a remarkable display of devotion-but moreso does not want child sacrifice. An authentically religious act cannot be done through the harm of another human being"-- Provided by publisher.

Published by the University of Nebraska Press as a Jewish Publication Society book.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Unbinding Isaac assembles multiple strands of thought and modern knowledge of ancient human sacrifice to offer an original reading of the Akedah. God would like to want child sacrifice-a remarkable display of devotion-but moreso does not want child sacrifice. An authentically religious act cannot be done through the harm of another human being"-- Provided by publisher.

Jewish experiences of the Akedah -- 2. Kierkegaard -- 3. Jewish parallels from the century of Kierkegaard -- 4. Jewish followers from the twentieth century -- 5. Criticizing Kierkegaard -- 6. On child sacrifice -- 7. Maimonides and the complexity of the Divine Will -- 8. Rejecting child sacrifice -- The demands of God and people.

Print version record.