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Abraham on Trial: The Social Legacy of Biblical Myth »
Authors: Carol Delaney
ISBN-13: 9780691070506, ISBN-10: 0691070504
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Date Published: September 2000
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Author Biography: Carol Delaney
Book Synopsis
This is a feminist look at the connections between religion, child sacrifice, and patriarchy within Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
Cynthia M. Baker - Bible Review
Many scholars would be wary of charging a single biblical myth with aiding and abetting such a vast array of lethal power structures and ideologies as Delaney catalogues throughout the book. Yet she marshals extensive evidence and prosecutes her case with great care and competence.
Table of Contents
| List of Illustrations | ||
| Acknowledgments | ||
| Introduction | 5 | |
| Pt. 1 | Abraham on Trial | 15 |
| Ch. 1 | Abraham on Trial: Case for the Prosecution | 17 |
| Ch. 2 | Abraham as Alibi? A Trial in California | 35 |
| Pt. 2 | Archaeological and Biblical Evidence | 69 |
| Ch. 3 | Child Sacrifice: Practice or Symbol? | 71 |
| Ch. 4 | Child Sacrifice in the Bible | 87 |
| Pt. 3 | Religious Defenses and Their Silences | 105 |
| Religious Defenses: Prolegomenon | 107 | |
| Ch. 5 | Jewish Traditions | 111 |
| Ch. 6 | Christian Commentary | 137 |
| Ch. 7 | Muslim Interpretations | 162 |
| Pt. 4 | The Testimony of Psychoanalysis | 187 |
| Ch. 8 | Freud's Blind Spot | 189 |
| Ch. 9 | Sa(l)vaging Freud | 211 |
| Pt. 5 | The Social Legacy | 231 |
| Ch. 10 | Sacrificing Our Children | 233 |
| Conclusion | 251 | |
| Notes | 255 | |
| Select Bibliography | 295 | |
| Index | 317 |
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