Aqedah: Gen 22 as a Challenge for the Rationality of Religion in Judaism, Christianity and Islam

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Aqedah

Gen 22 as a Challenge for the Rationality of Religion in Judaism, Christianity and Islam

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Volume 9 | Religiöse Positionierungen in Judentum, Christentum und Islam

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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.

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

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Introduction
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Jean-Pierre Fortin and Heiko Schulz

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Abrahamic Religion: Luther and Schelling on the Hidden God (Deus absconditus) and the God Revealed in Gen 22
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Jens Trusheim

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Abraham, Gilles Deleuze’s Hero of Repetition, and the Aqedah of Isaac
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Bradley H. McLean

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Does God Command Something Horrible? The Aqedah and Contemporary Theistic Metaethics
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Hendrik Klinge

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

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The Binding of Isaac (Gen 22) as a Thought Experiment: On the Biblical Roots of Scientific Creativity
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Yiftach Fehige

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The Aqedah and Epistemology of Religion
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Jaco Gericke

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The Rationality of Narrative: Unfolding the Story of ’Aḇrāhām and Yiṣḥāq
153
Gesche Linde

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Rites to Know in Genesis: Ritual Experimentation and the Akedah
197
Dru Johnson

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The Ambivalence of Being the Beloved Son: A Reading of Gen 22 in the Context of Ancient Near Eastern Traditions
207
Thomas Wagner

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The Aqedah and the Fall: Contrasting Paradigms of Rabbinic Religiosity
219
Menachem Fisch

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The Binding of Isaac in the Interpretation of Martin Luther
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Markus Wriedt

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Can Johannes de Silentio be Saved? Reassessing Fear and Trembling from a Theological Perspective
249
Heiko Schulz

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“Now I Know that You Fear God”: The Sacrifice of Isaac or the Challenge of Human Responsibility
279
Jean-Pierre Fortin

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Aqedah, Crucifixion, and Jìsì 祭祀 or Xīshēng 犧牲: A Systemic Understanding of the Idea of Sacrifice in Judaism, Christianity, and Sino Culture
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Jing-Jong Luh

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The Story of the Sacrifice: Emphasizing the Humanity of Prophet Abraham
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Rahim Acar

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Origin and Loss: Some Thoughts on the Relation between Language and Sacrifice in Islam
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Christoph Rogers

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Soft Paternity: Passive Resistance to the Aqedah in Modern Hebrew Poetry
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Yael Almog

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Rethinking the Aqedah after the Holocaust: The Case of Shmuel Yosef Agnon and Shalom Spiegel
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Ghilad H. Shenhav

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List of Authors
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Index of Persons
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Aqedah; Gen 22; Sacrifice; religion and morality._x000D_

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Scholars in the field of philosophy, theology, comparative religious studies, Islamic studies and Jewish studies.

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Aqedah

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About this book

Author / Editor information

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Table of contents

Frontmatter

Foreword to the Series

Contents

Introduction

Abrahamic Religion: Luther and Schelling on the Hidden God (Deus absconditus) and the God Revealed in Gen 22

Abraham, Gilles Deleuze’s Hero of Repetition, and the Aqedah of Isaac

Does God Command Something Horrible? The Aqedah and Contemporary Theistic Metaethics

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

The Binding of Isaac (Gen 22) as a Thought Experiment: On the Biblical Roots of Scientific Creativity

The Aqedah and Epistemology of Religion

The Rationality of Narrative: Unfolding the Story of ’Aḇrāhām and Yiṣḥāq

Rites to Know in Genesis: Ritual Experimentation and the Akedah

The Ambivalence of Being the Beloved Son: A Reading of Gen 22 in the Context of Ancient Near Eastern Traditions

The Aqedah and the Fall: Contrasting Paradigms of Rabbinic Religiosity

The Binding of Isaac in the Interpretation of Martin Luther

Can Johannes de Silentio be Saved? Reassessing Fear and Trembling from a Theological Perspective

“Now I Know that You Fear God”: The Sacrifice of Isaac or the Challenge of Human Responsibility

Aqedah, Crucifixion, and Jìsì 祭祀 or Xīshēng 犧牲: A Systemic Understanding of the Idea of Sacrifice in Judaism, Christianity, and Sino Culture

The Story of the Sacrifice: Emphasizing the Humanity of Prophet Abraham

Origin and Loss: Some Thoughts on the Relation between Language and Sacrifice in Islam

Soft Paternity: Passive Resistance to the Aqedah in Modern Hebrew Poetry

Rethinking the Aqedah after the Holocaust: The Case of Shmuel Yosef Agnon and Shalom Spiegel

List of Authors

Index of Persons

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