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020 $a0691070504 (pbk)
020 $a0691059853 (hardcover : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm47770839
035 $a(NNC)4123336
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040 $aRFT$cRFT$dOrLoB-B
090 $aBS1238.S24$bD44 2000
100 1 $aDelaney, Carol Lowery,$d1940-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90613250
245 10 $aAbraham on trial :$bthe social legacy of biblical myth /$cCarol Delaney.
260 $aPrinceton, N.J. :$bPrinceton University Press,$c[2000], ©2000.
300 $axv, 333 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [295]-315) and index.
505 00 $gPt. 1.$tAbraham on Trial -- $gCh. 1.$tAbraham on Trial: Case for the Prosecution -- $gCh. 2.$tAbraham as Alibi? A Trial in California -- $gPt. 2.$tArchaeological and Biblical Evidence -- $gCh. 3.$tChild Sacrifice: Practice or Symbol? -- $gCh. 4.$tChild Sacrifice in the Bible -- $gPt. 3.$tReligious Defenses and Their Silences -- $tReligious Defenses: Prolegomenon -- $gCh. 5.$tJewish Traditions -- $gCh. 6.$tChristian Commentary -- $gCh. 7.$tMuslim Interpretations -- $gPt. 4.$tThe Testimony of Psychoanalysis -- $gCh. 8.$tFreud's Blind Spot -- $gCh. 9.$tSa(l)vaging Freud -- $gPt. 5.$tThe Social Legacy -- $gCh. 10.$tSacrificing Our Children.
520 1 $a"Abraham on Trial questions the foundations of faith that have made a virtue out of the willingness to sacrifice a child." "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. She 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." "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 together have become the bedrock of society. The question she leaves us with is whether we should perpetuate this story and the lessons it teaches."--BOOK JACKET.
600 00 $aIsaac$c(Biblical patriarch)$xSacrifice.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85068323
600 00 $aAbraham$c(Biblical patriarch)$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79065663
630 00 $aBible.$pGenesis, XXII, 1-19$xCriticism, interpretation, etc.$xHistory.
630 00 $aQurʼan.$pSūrat al-Ṣāffāt$xCriticism, interpretation, etc.$xHistory.
650 0 $aFatherhood$xReligious aspects$vComparative studies.
852 00 $bbar$hBS1238.S24$iD44 2000