
Unbinding the Binding of Isaac
University Press of America
Published on 17. October 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
222 pages
978-0-7618-3566-0 (ISBN)
Description
Unbinding the Binding of Isaac is an anthology of three faiths' interpretations of the Genesis 22:1-19 story. The various exegeses of this story have been mined by the Jewish, Islamic, and Christian faiths for a protracted period of time. The "Aqedah," as the binding story is known universally, stimulates the interests and imaginations of theologians, linguists, poets, historians, and artists of various skills and stripes. The Aqedah continues to stimulate inquiry and application to modern situations. Unbinding the Binding of Isaac is at once ancient and modern in its scope, purpose, and relevance to scholarly inquiry regarding this ongoing debate.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Lanham, MD
United States
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
368 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7618-3566-0 (9780761835660)
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Persons
John T. Greene is Professor of Religious Studies at Michigan State University.
Mishael M. Caspi is Professor of Religion at Bates College.
Mishael M. Caspi is Professor of Religion at Bates College.
Editor
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Content
Part 1 Prolegemenon
Chapter 2 Love Conquers Anger: The Aqedah in Rabbinic Liturgy
Chapter 3 Selected Christian Interpretations of the Aquedat Izhaq
Chapter 4 The Binding of Isaac Between Two Traditions
Chapter 5 The Unbinding and Sacrificing of Isaac: Isaac, Judaism, Israel, Some Poems, and My Life
Chapter 5 Let Us Go Beyond the Binding of Isaac
Chapter 6 The Topos of the "Binding of Isaac" (the Aqedah) in Modern Hebrew Poetry
Chapter 7 The Outcry, The Question and the Silence- Sarah and the Aquedah in theMidrash and the Contemporary Israeli Literature
Chapter 9 The Heritage of theAqedah in A.B. Yehoshura's Mr. Mani
Chapter 2 Love Conquers Anger: The Aqedah in Rabbinic Liturgy
Chapter 3 Selected Christian Interpretations of the Aquedat Izhaq
Chapter 4 The Binding of Isaac Between Two Traditions
Chapter 5 The Unbinding and Sacrificing of Isaac: Isaac, Judaism, Israel, Some Poems, and My Life
Chapter 5 Let Us Go Beyond the Binding of Isaac
Chapter 6 The Topos of the "Binding of Isaac" (the Aqedah) in Modern Hebrew Poetry
Chapter 7 The Outcry, The Question and the Silence- Sarah and the Aquedah in theMidrash and the Contemporary Israeli Literature
Chapter 9 The Heritage of theAqedah in A.B. Yehoshura's Mr. Mani