期刊全称 | ‘Now I Know’: Five Centuries of Aqedah Exegesis | 影响因子2023 | Albert van der Heide | 视频video | | 发行地址 | Is the first to combine the much debated Aqedah theme with the forms and methods of medieval Bible exegesis.Presents detailed analyses of a large number of texts backed by complete, annotated translat | 学科分类 | Amsterdam Studies in Jewish Philosophy | 图书封面 |  | 影响因子 | .This book describes how medieval Jewish Bible scholars sought to answer the question of what is meant by the Angel’s message from God to Abraham: ‘Now I Know’, as written in Genesis 22 verse 12. It examines these scholars’ comments on the nineteen verses in Genesis that tell the story of Abraham’s readiness to sacrifice his own son Isaac, the Aqedat Yiṣḥaq. It explores the answers they found to the question of what, indeed, this story is trying to tell us. Is it a drastic way to condemn the practice of child sacrifice? Does it call for replacing human sacrifices with animal sacrifices? Is it a trial by which the Almighty tests the fidelity of one of His followers? Or is it His way to show the world the nature of true belief?.The book starts with an introduction to familiarize readers with the many and varied manifestations of the Aqedah theme in Jewish culture and with the developments of medieval Jewish Bible exegesis in general. Next, it offers translations and analyses of theclassical medieval Jewish Bible commentaries that deal with the exegesis of Genesis 22, exploring the many angles from which the Aqedah story has been understood. No less than five centuries of medieval Aqe | Pindex | Book 2017 |
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