The Sacrifice of Isaac

The Aqedah (Genesis 22) and Its Interpretations
Erscheinungsjahr 2002
ISBN: 978-90-04-12434-9
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 4, 232 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 520 g

Reihe: Themes in Biblical Narrative

The central theme of the papers read at the conference about the Aqedah is the history of reception of Genesis 22: The Sacrifice of Isaac.
After observations related to the biblical text and human sacrifice in Ancient Israel, the sacrifice of Iphigeneia is studied, followed by papers about the reception of the Aqedah in Qumran, in Jubilees, in Rabbinical and in Christian Syriac traditions, finally in a recently published poem in the Bodmer papyri and in the Koran. Important contributions are made by the history of art. Two essays in this volume study the older iconography and the Aqedah in Italian art. The reception in modern times: Kierkegaard, a gender-motivated and a psychoanalytical reading can be found in the last part of the volume.
The studies published in this volume bring surprising and oft neglected aspects of the famous narrative to light. How in different times and in different circles Genesis 22 has been interpreted is an encouragement for hermeneutical reflection and a help for exegesis itself.

Zielgruppe

All those interested in biblical studies, early and medieval Judaism and Christianity, theologians.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Noort, Ed

Tigchelaar

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften

Über Autor(innen)

Ed Noort, Ph.D. (1975), Göttingen, is Professor of Old Testament at the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Groningen. He heads the Department of Biblical Studies and the Centre for Religious Studies and is a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has published on Mari texts, Archaeology of Palestine, the Early Prophets and on Biblical Theology. His publications include Die Seevölker in Palästina and Das Buch Josua: Forschungsgeschichte und Problemfelder.
Eibert J.C. Tigchelaar, Ph.D. (1994), Groningen, works at the Qumran Institute at the University of Groningen. He heads a research project about “The Embodiment of Judaism”. He is a member of the International Team of Editors of the Dead Sea Scrolls publication project. He is the author of Prophets of Old and the Days of the End and co-editor of Discoveries in the Judaean Desert XXIII (Qumran cave 11) and The Dead Sea Scrolls Study Edition.