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Abraham on trial : the social legacy of biblical myth/ Carol Lowery Delaney

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2000Description: xv, 333 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 97806910598530691059853
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BS1238.S24  .D44 1998
Contents:
Cover page -- Half-title page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One: Abraham On Trial -- Chapter One. Abraham on Trial: Case for the Prosecution -- Chapter Two. Abraham as Alibi? A Trial in California -- Part Two: Archaeological And Biblical Evidence -- Chapter Three. Child Sacrifice: Practice or Symbol? -- Chapter Four. Child Sacrifice in the Bible -- Part Three: Religious Defenses And Their Silences -- Religious Defenses: Prolegomenon -- Chapter Five. Jewish Traditions Chapter Six. Christian Commentary -- Chapter Seven. Muslim Interpretations -- Part Four: The Testimony Of Psychoanalysis -- Chapter Eight. Freud's Blind Spot -- Chapter Nine. Sa(l)vaging Freud -- Part Five: The Social Legacy -- Chapter 10. Sacrificing Our Children -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index
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Cover page -- Half-title page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One: Abraham On Trial -- Chapter One. Abraham on Trial: Case for the Prosecution -- Chapter Two. Abraham as Alibi? A Trial in California -- Part Two: Archaeological And Biblical Evidence -- Chapter Three. Child Sacrifice: Practice or Symbol? -- Chapter Four. Child Sacrifice in the Bible -- Part Three: Religious Defenses And Their Silences -- Religious Defenses: Prolegomenon -- Chapter Five. Jewish Traditions Chapter Six. Christian Commentary -- Chapter Seven. Muslim Interpretations -- Part Four: The Testimony Of Psychoanalysis -- Chapter Eight. Freud's Blind Spot -- Chapter Nine. Sa(l)vaging Freud -- Part Five: The Social Legacy -- Chapter 10. Sacrificing Our Children -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index

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