The First Father: Abraham : the Psychology and Culture of a Spiritual Revolutionary
- ISBN-10
- 0819190276
- ISBN-13
- 9780819190277
- Pages
- 192
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1994
- Publisher
- University Press of America
- Author
- Henry Hanoch Abramovitch
Description
This book discusses the adult development of the Biblical Patriarch, Abraham, as a 'Spiritual Revolutionary' (based on Genesis 11-25). It begins with the image of the 'akeda, ' the binding of Isaac in which a father is ready to murder his son, and asks what significance this disturbing scene holds for us today
