01552nam a2200169Ia 4500 230823s9999 xx 000 0 und d 97806910598530691059853 eng BS1238.S24 .D44 1998 Delaney, Carol Lowery Abraham on trial : the social legacy of biblical myth/ Carol Lowery Delaney Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2000 xv, 333 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. 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 Isaac -- (Biblical patriarch) -- Sacrifice.Abraham -- (Biblical patriarch)Bible. -- Genesis, XXII, 1-19 -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- History. 46649 46649