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050			_aBS1238.S24 _b.D44 1998
100			_aDelaney, Carol Lowery
245		0	_aAbraham on trial : _bthe social legacy of biblical myth/ _cCarol Lowery Delaney
260			_aPrinceton, N.J. : _bPrinceton University Press, _c2000
300			_axv, 333 p. : _bill. ; _c24 cm.
505			_aCover 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
650			_aIsaac -- (Biblical patriarch) -- Sacrifice.Abraham -- (Biblical patriarch)Bible. -- Genesis, XXII, 1-19 -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- History.
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