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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779328903321

Autore

Salkin Jeffrey K. <1954->

Titolo

The gods are broken! [[electronic resource] ] : the hidden legacy of Abraham / / Jeffrey K. Salkin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, : Jewish Publication Society, 2013

ISBN

0-8276-1142-0

1-299-13240-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (176 p.)

Disciplina

296.4/9

Soggetti

Antisemitism

Idols and images - Worship - Biblical teaching

Iconoclasm

Monotheism - Biblical teaching

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

1. Out of Ur -- 2. Abraham the iconoclast -- 3. Which Gods shall we break today? -- 4. Three paths to the sacred -- 5. The primal trauma of the Jewish people -- 6. (Re)embracing Tera -- 7. From broken idols to broken tablets -- 8. The sound of broken glass: Jewish iconoclasm and anti-Semitism.

Sommario/riassunto

The story of Abraham smashing his father's idols might be the most important Jewish story ever told and the key to how Jews define themselves. In a work at once deeply erudite and wonderfully accessible, Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin conducts readers through the life and legacy of this powerful story and explains how it has shaped Jewish consciousness. Offering a radical view of Jewish existence, The Gods Are Broken! views the story of the young Abraham as the "primal trauma" of Jewish history, one critical to the development of a certain Jewish comfort with rebelliousness and one t