Aqedah

Gen 22 as a Challenge for the Rationality of Religion in Judaism, Christianity and Islam
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-3-11-145034-6
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, Band 9, 405 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 713 g

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.

Schulz, Heiko

Fortin, Jean-Pierre

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Europäische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien: Literatur & Kunst
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte des Judentums (Diaspora)

Über Autor(innen)

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