Fortin / Schulz Aqedah

Gen 22 as a Challenge for the Rationality of Religion in Judaism, Christianity and Islam
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-3-11-145084-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 9, 415 Seiten

Reihe: Religiöse Positionierungen in Judentum, Christentum und Islam

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.

Zielgruppe

Scholars in the field of philosophy, theology, comparative religi

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fortin, Jean-Pierre

Schulz, Heiko

Über Autor(innen)

Heiko Schulz, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt/Main, und Jean-Pierre Fortin, University of St. Michael’s College, Toronto, Kanada.

Heiko Schulz, Goethe-University Frankfurt/Main, Germany, and Jean-Pierre Fortin, University of St. Michael’s College, Toronto, Canada.