The first father : Abraham : the psychology and culture of a spiritual revolutionary

1 Introduction. 2 Abraham in context. 3 Life with father. 4 Abram as wanderer. 5 Abram the founder. 6 Abram reborn as abraham. 7 Crises of growth. 8 Akeda. 9 Final reconciliation. 10 Conclusion: the psychology of spirital revolution. Epilogue. Appendix - The common cultural-ecological background of the patriarchs. Index. Index of Biblical references

'...My interpretation of Abraham is therefore definitely not definitive. It does represent an attempt to rescue Abraham as a "living presence" for believer and sceptic alike. It is a sort of modern "midrash", a psychological, anthropologically informed commentary on the man revealed by the Biblical Narrative: one "reading" of his history. Although I am trained in analytic psychology, I have not attempted to psychoanalyze Abraham...since the relevant information about his early life is unknown....Instead I use life cycle psychology, cultural anthropology and such to understand Abraham's life course and his spiritual odyssey in terms which make contemporary sense....'

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