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Interpreting Abraham

Interpreting Abraham journeys to Moriah / [electronic resource] : Bradley Beach and Matthew T. Powell, editors. - Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2014 Minneapolis [Minnesota] : Fortress Press, [2014] - 1 online resource (1 PDF (xiv, 233 pages).) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.

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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Abraham (Biblical patriarch) --Comparative studies.
Isaac (Biblical patriarch) --Sacrifice--Comparative studies.


Electronic books.
Electronic books.

BS1238.S24 / I583 2014

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