Read Unbinding Isaac - Books Library

Unbinding Isaac

Aaron Koller

4.9/5 (18493 ratings)

Description:Unbinding Isaac takes readers on a trek of discovery for our times into the binding of Isaac story. Nineteenth-century Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard viewed the story as teaching suspension of ethics for the sake of faith, and subsequent Jewish thinkers developed this idea as a cornerstone of their religious worldview. Aaron Koller examines and critiques Kierkegaard’s perspective—and later incarnations of it—on textual, religious, and ethical grounds. He also explores the current of criticism of Abraham in Jewish thought, from ancient poems and midrashim to contemporary Israel narratives, as well as Jewish responses to the Akedah over the generations. Finally, bringing together these multiple strands of thought—along with modern knowledge of human sacrifice in the Phoenician world—Koller offers an original reading of the Akedah. The biblical God would like to want child sacrifice—because it is in fact a remarkable display of devotion—but more than that, he does not want child sacrifice because it would violate the child’s autonomy. Thus, the high point in the drama is not the binding of Isaac but the moment when Abraham is told to release him. The Torah does not allow child sacrifice, though by contrast, some of Israel’s neighbors viewed it as a religiously inspiring act. The binding of Isaac teaches us that an authentically religious act cannot be done through the harm of another human being.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Unbinding Isaac. To get started finding Unbinding Isaac, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Pages: 262

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Release: 2020

ISBN: 9780827618459

Description: Unbinding Isaac takes readers on a trek of discovery for our times into the binding of Isaac story. Nineteenth-century Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard viewed the story as teaching suspension of ethics for the sake of faith, and subsequent Jewish thinkers developed this idea as a cornerstone of their religious worldview. Aaron Koller examines and critiques Kierkegaard’s perspective—and later incarnations of it—on textual, religious, and ethical grounds. He also explores the current of criticism of Abraham in Jewish thought, from ancient poems and midrashim to contemporary Israel narratives, as well as Jewish responses to the Akedah over the generations. Finally, bringing together these multiple strands of thought—along with modern knowledge of human sacrifice in the Phoenician world—Koller offers an original reading of the Akedah. The biblical God would like to want child sacrifice—because it is in fact a remarkable display of devotion—but more than that, he does not want child sacrifice because it would violate the child’s autonomy. Thus, the high point in the drama is not the binding of Isaac but the moment when Abraham is told to release him. The Torah does not allow child sacrifice, though by contrast, some of Israel’s neighbors viewed it as a religiously inspiring act. The binding of Isaac teaches us that an authentically religious act cannot be done through the harm of another human being.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Unbinding Isaac. To get started finding Unbinding Isaac, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Special Offer | $0.00

Special Offer! | $0.00

Unbinding Isaac

Unbinding Isaac

More Books

Unbinding Isaac: The Significance of the Akedah for Modern Jewish Thought

Unbinding Isaac: The Significance of the Akedah for Modern Jewish Thought

Esther in Ancient Jewish Thought

Esther in Ancient Jewish Thought

Iran, Israel, and the Jews: Symbiosis and Conflict from the Achaemenids to the Islamic Republic (Yeshiva University Center for Israel Studies Series Book 0)

Iran, Israel, and the Jews: Symbiosis and Conflict from the Achaemenids to the Islamic Republic (Yeshiva University Center for Israel Studies Series Book 0)

Iran, Israel, and the Jews: Symbiosis and Conflict from the Achaemenids to the Islamic Republic (Yeshiva University Center for Israel Studies)

Iran, Israel, and the Jews: Symbiosis and Conflict from the Achaemenids to the Islamic Republic (Yeshiva University Center for Israel Studies)

The Jiu Jitsu Handbook for Beginners

The Jiu Jitsu Handbook for Beginners

The Semantic Field of Cutting Tools in Biblical Hebrew: The Interface of Philological, Semantic, and Archaeological Evidence (The Catholic Biblical Quarterly Monograph Series)

The Semantic Field of Cutting Tools in Biblical Hebrew: The Interface of Philological, Semantic, and Archaeological Evidence (The Catholic Biblical Quarterly Monograph Series)

This is not available 043350

This is not available 043350

The Semantic Field of Cutting Tools in Biblical Hebrew (Catholic Biblical Quarterly Monograph)

The Semantic Field of Cutting Tools in Biblical Hebrew (Catholic Biblical Quarterly Monograph)

Adaptive Computation and Machine Learning

Adaptive Computation and Machine Learning