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

By:

Koller, Aaron J, 1978- [Author]

Material type: Text

text

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computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780827618459

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Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

BS1238 .U535 2020

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Contents:

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.

Subject: "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"--

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Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD)	G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE	Non-fiction	BS1238.24 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Link to resource	Available		on1152523003

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

Includes bibliographies 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"--

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.

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