LEADER 02725nam 2200625 a 450 001 9910779328903321 005 20220829195708.0 010 $a0-8276-1142-0 010 $a1-299-13240-5 035 $a(CKB)2550000001000187 035 $a(EBL)1122628 035 $a(OCoLC)827207316 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000821998 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11432265 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000821998 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10753598 035 $a(PQKB)11048667 035 $a(OCoLC)841903665 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse24594 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1122628 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10656994 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL444490 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1122628 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001000187 100 $a20121018d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe gods are broken!$b[electronic resource] $ethe hidden legacy of Abraham /$fJeffrey K. Salkin 210 $aPhiladelphia $cJewish Publication Society$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (176 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8276-0931-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $a1. 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. 330 $aThe 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 606 $aAntisemitism 606 $aIdols and images$xWorship$xBiblical teaching 606 $aIconoclasm 606 $aMonotheism$xBiblical teaching 615 0$aAntisemitism. 615 0$aIdols and images$xWorship$xBiblical teaching. 615 0$aIconoclasm. 615 0$aMonotheism$xBiblical teaching. 676 $a296.4/9 700 $aSalkin$b Jeffrey K.$f1954-$01542623 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779328903321 996 $aThe gods are broken$93824700 997 $aUNINA