TY  - BOOK
AU  - Stephen J. Stern
PY  - 2012
CY  - New York, United States of America
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 9781453908495
TI  - The Unbinding of Isaac
T2  - A Phenomenological Midrash of Genesis 22
DO  - 10.3726/978-1-4539-0849-5
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1051004
N2  - 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.
KW  - Jewish philosophy, Isaac, old testament, bible, sacrifice
LA  - English
ER  -