{"product_id":"unbinding-isaac-the-significance-of-the-akedah-for-modern-jewish-thought-9780827614734","title":"Unbinding Isaac: The Significance of the Akedah for Modern Jewish Thought","description":"\u003cp\u003eUnbinding Isaac takes readers on a trek of discovery for our times into the binding of Isaac story. Nineteenth-century Danish philosopher Sren Kierkegaard viewed the story as teaching suspension of ethics for the sake of faith  and subsequent Jewish thinkers developed this idea as a cornerstone of their religious worldview. Aaron Koller examines and critiques Kierkegaards perspectiveand later incarnations of iton textual  religious  and ethical grounds. He also explores the current of criticism of Abraham in Jewish thought  from ancient poems and midrashim to contemporary Israel narratives  as well as Jewish responses to the Akedah over the generations.  Finally  bringing together these multiple strands of thoughtalong with modern knowledge of human sacrifice in the Phoenician worldKoller offers an original reading of the Akedah. The biblical God would like to want child sacrificebecause it is in fact a remarkable display of devotionbut more than that  he does not want child sacrifice because it would violate the childs autonomy. Thus  the high point in the drama is not the binding of Isaac but the moment when Abraham is told to release him. The Torah does not allow child sacrifice  though by contrast  some of Israels neighbors viewed it as a religiously inspiring act. The binding of Isaac teaches us that an authentically religious act cannot be done through the harm of another human being. Download a Study Guide\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45666287517749,"sku":"ByrdShop_082761473X","price":48.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780827614734.jpg?v=1782427034","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/unbinding-isaac-the-significance-of-the-akedah-for-modern-jewish-thought-9780827614734","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}