The Aqedah in the Accounts of Richard Kearney and Jean-Luc Marion: Resonances between Biblical Studies and Two Philosophies of the Gift

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Foreword to the Series V
3. Contents IX
4. Introduction 1
5. Abrahamic Religion: Luther and Schelling on the Hidden God (Deus absconditus) and the God Revealed in Gen 22 27
6. Abraham, Gilles Deleuze’s Hero of Repetition, and the Aqedah of Isaac 49
7. Does God Command Something Horrible? The Aqedah and Contemporary Theistic Metaethics 67
8. The Aqedah in the Accounts of Richard Kearney and Jean-Luc Marion: Resonances between Biblical Studies and Two Philosophies of the Gift 93
9. The Binding of Isaac (Gen 22) as a Thought Experiment: On the Biblical Roots of Scientific Creativity 121
10. The Aqedah and Epistemology of Religion 131
11. The Rationality of Narrative: Unfolding the Story of ’Aḇrāhām and Yiṣḥāq 153
12. Rites to Know in Genesis: Ritual Experimentation and the Akedah 197
13. The Ambivalence of Being the Beloved Son: A Reading of Gen 22 in the Context of Ancient Near Eastern Traditions 207
14. The Aqedah and the Fall: Contrasting Paradigms of Rabbinic Religiosity 219
15. The Binding of Isaac in the Interpretation of Martin Luther 239
16. Can Johannes de Silentio be Saved? Reassessing Fear and Trembling from a Theological Perspective 249
17. “Now I Know that You Fear God”: The Sacrifice of Isaac or the Challenge of Human Responsibility 279
18. Aqedah, Crucifixion, and Jìsì 祭祀 or Xīshēng 犧牲: A Systemic Understanding of the Idea of Sacrifice in Judaism, Christianity, and Sino Culture 299
19. The Story of the Sacrifice: Emphasizing the Humanity of Prophet Abraham 319
20. Origin and Loss: Some Thoughts on the Relation between Language and Sacrifice in Islam 333
21. Soft Paternity: Passive Resistance to the Aqedah in Modern Hebrew Poetry 361
22. Rethinking the Aqedah after the Holocaust: The Case of Shmuel Yosef Agnon and Shalom Spiegel 373
23. List of Authors 397
24. Index of Persons 399