Title
The Unbinding of Isaac: A Phenomenological Midrash of Genesis 22
Document Type
Book
Files
Description
In The Unbinding of Isaac, Stephen J. Stern upends traditional understandings of this controversial narrative through a phenomenological midrash or interpretation of Genesis 22 from the Dialogic and Jewish philosophies of Franz Rosenzweig, Martin Buber, and, most notably, Emmanuel Levinas. With great originality, Dr. Stern intersects Jewish studies, Biblical studies, and philosophy in a literary/midrashic style that challenges traditional Western philosophical epistemology. Through the biblical narrative of Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, and Rebecca, Dr. Stern explains that Rosenzweig, Buber, and Levinas Judaically exercise and offer an alternative epistemic orientation to the study of ethics than that of traditional Western or Hellenic-Christian philosophy. The Unbinding of Isaac makes the works of these three thinkers accessible to those outside philosophy and Jewish studies while also introducing readers to the playfulness of how Jewish tradition midrashically addresses the Bible. [From the publisher]
ISBN
9781433111600
Publication Date
5-2012
Publisher
Peter Lang International Academic Publishers
City
Switzerland
Department 1
Religious Studies
Recommended Citation
Stern, Stephen J. The Unbinding of Isaac: A Phenomenological Midrash of Genesis 22. Switzerland: Peter Lang, 2012.
Comments
Original version is available from the publisher at: http://www.peterlang.com/index.cfm?event=cmp.ccc.seitenstruktur.detailseiten&seitentyp=produkt&pk=61573&concordeid=311160