Holy Embrace

by Mario Brelich

Book Overview

This imaginative reworking of the story of Abraham and Sarah combines myth, rabbinic lore, storytelling, and psychological insight to create new and revealing interpretations of ancient texts.

In The Holy Embrace, Abraham repudiates the idols worshipped by his ancestors and accepts God when the Lord selects him as the ambivalent patriarch of His chosen people. But the greatest impediment to God's designs is Abraham's infatuation with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810160293
• ISBN13: 9780810160293
• Release Date: October 1996
• Publisher: Marlboro Press
• Length: 229 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"