Aqedah
Gen 22 as a Challenge for the Rationality of Religion in Judaism, Christianity and Islam
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Aqedah
Gen 22 as a Challenge for the Rationality of Religion in Judaism, Christianity and Islam
About this book
The Aqedah, i.e., the story of the 'binding' of Isaac by Abraham, is a core text in all three Abrahamic religions and has been widely discussed in Judaism, Christianity and Islam for centuries. It still represents an intellectual, moral, and spiritual challenge for anyone who claims to be able to link morality and faith in God in a reasonably comprehensible way. The contributions in this anthology address this challenge from philosophical, theological and literary perspectives, by considering exemplary problems, epochs and authors pertaining to all three Abrahamic religions. The first part contains seven contributions exploring the epistemic and/or philosophical dimensions of the Aqedah. The second part contains nine essays on the (history of the) interpretation of the Aqedah from Israelite/Jewish, Christian and Islamic perspectives. The three texts in the third and final part discuss narratological issues and reflections of the problem within modern Hebrew literature. The volume complements and expands the existing scholarship on the subject, above all through its consistently interreligious approach and the inclusion of current philosophical and literary sources and debates.
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- Abrahamic Religion: Luther and Schelling on the Hidden God (Deus absconditus) and the God Revealed in Gen 22
- Abraham, Gilles Deleuzeâs Hero of Repetition, and the Aqedah of Isaac
- Does God Command Something Horrible? The Aqedah and Contemporary Theistic Metaethics
- The Aqedah in the Accounts of Richard Kearney and Jean-Luc Marion: Resonances between Biblical Studies and Two Philosophies of the Gift
- The Binding of Isaac (Gen 22) as a Thought Experiment: On the Biblical Roots of Scientific Creativity
- The Aqedah and Epistemology of Religion
- The Rationality of Narrative: Unfolding the Story of âAážrÄhÄm and YiáčŁáž„Äq
- Rites to Know in Genesis: Ritual Experimentation and the Akedah
- The Ambivalence of Being the Beloved Son: A Reading of Gen 22 in the Context of Ancient Near Eastern Traditions
- The Aqedah and the Fall: Contrasting Paradigms of Rabbinic Religiosity
- The Binding of Isaac in the Interpretation of Martin Luther
- Can Johannes de Silentio be Saved? Reassessing Fear and Trembling from a Theological Perspective
- âNow I Know that You Fear Godâ: The Sacrifice of Isaac or the Challenge of Human Responsibility
- Aqedah, Crucifixion, and JĂŹsĂŹ ç„ç„ or XÄ«shÄng ç§çČ: A Systemic Understanding of the Idea of Sacrifice in Judaism, Christianity, and Sino Culture
- The Story of the Sacrifice: Emphasizing the Humanity of Prophet Abraham
- Origin and Loss: Some Thoughts on the Relation between Language and Sacrifice in Islam
- Soft Paternity: Passive Resistance to the Aqedah in Modern Hebrew Poetry
- Rethinking the Aqedah after the Holocaust: The Case of Shmuel Yosef Agnon and Shalom Spiegel
- Index of Persons