The First Father Abraham: The Psychology and Culture of A Spiritual Revolutionary

by Henry Hanoch Abramovitch

Book Overview

This book discusses the adult development of the Biblical Patriarch, Abraham, as a 'Spiritual Revolutionary' (based on Genesis 11-25). It begins with the image of the 'akeda, ' the binding of Isaac in which a father is ready to murder his son, and asks what significance this disturbing scene holds for us today.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819190276
• ISBN13: 9780819190277
• Release Date: December 1993
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"