Table of Contents

Foreword by Jack Miles Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Preliminary Methodological Considerations Chapter 3: Abraham: A Model of Obedience? Chapter 4: The Original Abraham Story: Abraham's Disobedience Chapter 5: Abraham's Ethical Protest: The Trial of Sodom Chapter 6: Abraham's Journey to the Land of Moriah Chapter 7: The Religious Significance of the Akedah Chapter 8: "The Prevention of Sacrifice": Ibn Caspi's Interpretation Chapter 9: Maimonides on the True Nature of Prophecy Chapter 10: Between Job and Abraham Chapter 11: On Fearing God without Being Afraid of Him: From Kierkegaard to Kant Chapter 12: A Religious Model of Disobedience

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the monotheistic model of faith presented by Abraham was actually a model of disobedience.

About the Author

Omri Boehm is a doctoral student in the Philosophy department at Yale University who has published articles on the Akedah in various Hebrew Bible journals.

Reviews

"...a rare delight. Boehm offers a fresh and sometimes disturbing reading... This is a rich and thought-provoking book that definitely deserves to be read. It can be argued that its message lies right in time: we are today more prone to accept a reading of disobedience than ever before, and it fits well into much contemporary research in the fields of the prophets (of resisting prophetic metaphors) and of Lamentations (of picking up the counter-voices of the lamenters)."  Svensk Exegetisk Årsbok (Swedish Exegetical Yearbook), vol. 74 (2009)