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008 980120s1998 njua b 001 0 eng
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050 00 $aBS1238.S24$bD44 1998
082 00 $a222/.11068$221
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049 $aMAIN
100 1 $aDelaney, Carol Lowery,$d1940-
245 10 $aAbraham on trial :$bthe social legacy of biblical myth /$cCarol Delaney.
260 $aPrinceton, N.J. :$bPrinceton University Press,$c©1998.
300 $axv, 333 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 295-315) and index.
505 00 $tAbraham on Trial: Case for the Prosecution --$tAbraham as Alibi? A Trial in California --$tArchaeological and Biblical Evidence --$tChild Sacrifice: Practice or Symbol? --$tChild Sacrifice in the Bible --$tReligious Defenses and Their Silences --$tReligious Defenses: Prolegomenon --$tJewish Traditions --$tChristian Commentary --$tMuslim Interpretations --$tThe Testimony of Psychoanalysis --$tFreud's Blind Spot --$tSa(l)vaging Freud --$tThe Social Legacy --$tSacrificing Our Children.
520 $a"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. Delaney critically examines evidence from Jewish, Christian, and Muslim interpretations, from archaeology and Freudian theory, as well as a recent trial in which a father sacrificed his child in obedience to God's voice, and shows how the meaning of Abraham's story is bound up with a specific notion of fatherhood. The preeminence of the father (which is part of the meaning of the name Abraham) comes from the still operative theory of procreation in which men transmit life by means of their 'seed, ' an image that encapsulates the generative, creative power that symbolically allies men with God. The communities of faith argue interminably about who is the true seed of Abraham, who can claim the patrimony, but until now, no one has asked what is this seed. Kinship and origin myths, the cultural construction of fatherhood and motherhood, suspicions of actual child sacrifices in ancient times, and a revisiting of Freud's Oedipus complex all contribute to Delaney's remarkably rich discussion. She shows how the story of Abraham legitimates a hierarchical structure of authority, a specific form of family, definitions of gender, and the value of obedience that have become the bedrock of society. The question she leaves us with is whether we should perpetuate this story and the lessons it teaches."--Publisher's information.
590 $bArchive
600 00 $aIsaac$c(Biblical patriarch)$xSacrifice.
600 00 $aAbraham$c(Biblical patriarch)
630 00 $aBible.$pGenesis, XXII, 1-19$xCriticism, interpretation, etc.$xHistory.
630 00 $aQurʼan.$pSūrat al-Ṣāffāt$xCriticism, interpretation, etc.$xHistory.
630 04 $aBible.$pOld Testament.$kGenesis XXII, 1-19$xCriticism, interpretation, etc.$xHistory.
600 06 $aIsaac$c(Patriarche biblique)$xSacrifice.
600 06 $aAbraham$c(Patriarche biblique)
630 06 $aBible.$pA.T.$pGenèse XXII, 1-19$xCritique, interprétation, etc.$xHistoire.
630 06 $aCoran.$pSūrat al-Ṣāffāt$xCritique, interprétation, etc.$xHistoire.
600 07 $aAbraham$c(Biblical patriarch)$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00037599
600 07 $aIsaac$c(Biblical patriarch)$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00091211
630 07 $aQurʼan.$pSūrat al-Ṣāffāt.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01842921
650 6 $aSacrifice d'enfants$xAspect religieux$xÉtudes comparatives.
650 6 $aPaternité$xAspect religieux$xÉtudes comparatives.
650 17 $aKinderoffers.$2gtt
650 17 $aVaderschap.$2gtt
650 17 $aGehoorzaamheid.$2gtt
650 7 $aSacrifice of Isaac.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01354650
655 7 $aCriticism, interpretation, etc.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01411635
655 7 $aHistory.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01411628
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/prin032/98012174.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/prin021/98012174.html
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938 $aBaker and Taylor$bBTCP$n98012174
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