Unbinding the binding of Isaac / edited by Mishael M. Caspi, John T. Greene.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Caspi, Mishael, 1932-2013.

Greene, John T.

Society of Biblical Literature. International Meeting (2005 : Singapore)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Isaac (Biblical patriarch)--Sacrifice.

Isaac.

Isaac (Biblical patriarch).

Sacrifice.

Bible. Genesis, XXII, 1-19--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Genesis, XXII, 1-19--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish.

Bible. Genesis, XXII, 1-19--Islamic interpretations.

Islamic interpretations of sacred works.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 197 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, [2007]

Contents:

Prolegomenon / Mishael M. Caspi and John T. Greene

Love conquers anger: the Aqedah in the rabbinic liturgy / Mayer I. Gruber

Selected Christian interpretations of the Aqedah Itzhaq: literary and artistic trajectories through formative Christianity / John T. Greene

Binding of Isaac between two traditions / Mishael M. Caspi

Let us go beyond the binding of Isaac / Herb Hain

Un/bindings and sacrificings of Isaac: Isaac, Judaism, Israel, some poems, and my life / Richard Sherwin

Topos of the "binding of Isaac" (the Aqedah) in modern Hebrew poetry / Tova Forti

Outcry, the question and the silence: Sarah and the Akedah in the Midrash and in contemporary Israeli literature / Irit Aharony

Heritage of the Aqedah in A.B. Yehoshua's Mr. Mani / Gilead Morahg.

Notes:

Presentations at the Society of Biblical Languages International Meeting held in Singapore in summer 2005.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0761835660

9780761835660

OCLC:

84737702