The Sacrifice of Isaac: The Aqedah (Genesis 22) and Its Interpretations

by Christopher Pratt Atwood and Eibert J.C. Tigchelaar

The central theme of the papers read at the conference about the Aqedah is the history of reception of Genesis 22: The Sacrifice of Isaac.
After observations related to the biblical text and human sacrifice in Ancient Israel, the sacrifice of Iphigeneia is studied, followed by papers about the reception of the Aqedah in Qumran, in Jubilees, in Rabbinical and in Christian Syriac traditions, finally in a recently published poem in the Bodmer papyri...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004124349
• ISBN13: 9789004124349
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.6" x 9.8"