An Uncomfortable Bit of Rope and Other Essays on the Binding of Isaac - Softcover

Halverson, Chris

 
9781449501228: An Uncomfortable Bit of Rope and Other Essays on the Binding of Isaac
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1449501222 ISBN 13: 9781449501228
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2009

Synopsis

What makes a man write about the the binding of Isaac? His conviction that the center of such stories cuts much deeper than the knife wielded by the father. The blade digs into the unconscious, into sublimated experiences of humanity. In explaining child sacrifice we make plain our answers to questions we are afraid to ask without the veneer of this narrative subject. Contained in this book are some of these answers, mediated through retellings of this one event. The assumptions of the ancients are exposed in their explanations of the Binding of Isaac. The power differential between father and son makes the inheritance of faith, "truths," and authority a tenuous affair. In this new world we have entered violence must be decoupled from religion. The world cries out for continual re-interpretation of those stories that we find our foundation in.

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About the Author

Chris Halverson completed his M. Phil. in Hebrew Bible at the University of Cambridge (St. Edmund's College) in 2007, entered The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia the following year, and is currently a vicar at St. John's Lutheran Church Pimilco Road in Baltimore Maryland. He lives with a little barn kitten accurately named Simul Justus et Peccator.

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Publisher
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Publication date
2009
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1449501222
ISBN 13 
9781449501228
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
132