One of the most intriguing of all biblical events is God's command
to Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac (Genesis, xxii). Professor
Spiegel's book explores all aspects of that incident, discussing
what lay behind it and how subsequent generations explained and
interpreted the story story according to the historical exigencies
of their own times. The value of the book, in addition to its
obvious usefulness for an understanding of biblical Judaism and
Christianity, lies in the fact that the origins, evolution, and
interpretation of the story, legend-encrusted as it is, is a
remarkable example of the interaction of history and myth, of fact
and imagination. From that standpoint, The Last Trial is a work of
major importance to secular as well as to biblical scholarship - an
importance only slightly dimmed by the stilted language of
Professor Goldin's translation from the Hebrew.?? (Kirkus Reviews)
We find that the story of Abraham and Isaac rises almost
spontaneously in the mind of one generation after another....
Constantly past and present react to and upon each other, and life
is given an order, a coherence, by the themes which govern the Holy
Scriptures and the reinterpretations of those themes. from the
Introduction by Judah Goldin
Shalom Spiegel s classic examines the total body of texts,
legends, and traditions referring to the Binding of Isaac and
weaves them together into a definitive study of the Akedah as one
of the central events in all of human history.
Spiegel here provides the model for showing how legend and
history interact, how the past may be made comprehensible by
present events, and how the present may be understood as a renewal
of revelation.
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