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Isaac Unbound

Author : Paul J. Citrin

Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers

Page : 114 pages

File Size : 40,72 MB

Release : 2023-07-12

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1666777498

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Book Description

Isaac Unbound is a work of fiction that fills in the details of the life and character of biblical Isaac. People read about Isaac in Gen 17:4--28:9, and conclude he is passive and not an independent thinker. Isaac is not the iconoclast or spiritual pioneer as was his father, Abraham. He is not the scheming activist that his son, Jacob, became. As a result of his near sacrifice by his father, he evolves into a sensitive, caring, understanding person who reaches out to reconcile with his brother Ishmael, with the Philistine king Abimelech, and works to align his values with his actions. Isaac Unbound develops out of the author's imagination as well as drawing on interpretations of ancient rabbis. The book raises questions about interpersonal reconciliation in a non-didactic way. It encourages heartfelt seeking by contemporary readers.



The Genesis of Ethics

Author : Burton L. Visotzky

Publisher : Harmony

Page : 225 pages

File Size : 33,83 MB

Release : 2010-02-10

Category : Religion

ISBN : 030755631X

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Book Description

One of America's most respected theologians guides readers through a close reading of the narratives of the Book of Genesis, exposing their brutal power and revealing how their moral dilemmas apply to ethical issues we face in our lives today.











The Last Trial

Author : Shalom Spiegel

Publisher : Turner Publishing Company

Page : 149 pages

File Size : 46,12 MB

Release : 2012-08-08

Category : Religion

ISBN : 1580236529

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“We find that the story of Abraham and Isaac rises almost spontaneously in the mind of one generation after another.... Constantly past and present react to and upon each other, and life is given an order, a coherence, by the themes which govern the Holy Scriptures and the reinterpretations of those themes.” —from the Introduction by Judah Goldin Shalom Spiegel’s classic examines the total body of texts, legends, and traditions referring to the Binding of Isaac and weaves them together into a definitive study of the Akedah as one of the central events in all of human history. Spiegel here provides the model for showing how legend and history interact, how the past may be made comprehensible by present events, and how the present may be understood as a renewal of revelation.



Tree of Souls

Author : Howard Schwartz

Publisher : Oxford University Press

Page : 705 pages

File Size : 11,36 MB

Release : 2006-12-27

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0195327136

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Book Description

Drawing from the Bible, the Pseudepigrapha, the Talmud and Midrash, the kabbalistic literature, medieval folklore, Hasidic texts, and oral lore collected in the modern era, Schwartz has gathered together nearly 700 of the key Jewish myths. For each myth, he includes extensive commentary, revealing the source of the myth and explaining how it relates to other Jewish myths as well as to world literature --from publisher description





The Death and Resurrection of the Beloved Son

Author : Jon D. Levenson

Publisher : Yale University Press

Page : 278 pages

File Size : 35,21 MB

Release : 1993-01-01

Category : Religion

ISBN : 9780300065114

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"The near sacrifice and miraculous restoration of a beloved son is a central but largely overlooked theme in both Judaism and Christianity. This book explores how this notion of child sacrifice constitutes an overlooked bond between the two religions."--