The Death and Resurrection of the Beloved Son : The Transformation of Child Sacrifice in Judaism and Christianity by Jon D. Levenson (1995, Trade Paperback)

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The near-sacrifice and miraculous restoration of a beloved son is a central but largely overlooked theme in both Judaism and Christianity, celebrated in biblical texts on Isaac, Ishmael, Jacob, Joseph, and Jesus. In this highly original book, Jon D. Levenson explores how this notion of child sacrifice constitutes an overlooked bond between the two religions. Levenson argues that although the practice of child sacrifice was eradicated during the late seventh and sixth centuries B.C.E, the idea of sacrificing the first-born son (or the late-born son whose preferential treatment promotes him to that exalted rank) remained potent in religious literature. Analyzing texts from the ancient Near East, the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, and rabbinic literature, Levenson shows how tales of the son handed over to death by his loving father in the Hebrew Bible influenced the Church's identification of Jesus as sacrificial victim. According to Levenson, the transformation of the idea of child sacrifice was central to the accounts given by the people Israel and the early Church of their respective origins, and it also underlay the theologies of chosenness embraced, in their differing ways, by the two religions. Furthermore, the longstanding claim of the Church that it supersedes the Jews, says Levenson, both continues and transforms elements of the old narrative pattern in which a late-born son dislodges his first-born brothers. Levenson's book, which offers novel interpretations of several areas crucial to biblical studies, will be essential reading for scholars in the field.

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Publisher
Yale University Press
ISBN-10
0300065116
ISBN-13
9780300065114
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Book Title
Death and Resurrection of the Beloved Son : The Transformation of Child Sacrifice in Judaism and Christianity
Author
Jon D. Levenson
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / General, General, Ethnic & Tribal, Judaism / Theology
Publication Year
1995
Genre
Religion
Number of Pages
288 Pages

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0.9in
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Item Width
0.6in
Item Weight
13.6 Oz

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Bs680.C45l48 1993
Copyright Date
1993
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
296.4
Dewey Edition
20
Illustrated
Yes

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