Abraham, the man and the symbol; a Jungian interpretation of the biblical story
Material type:
TextWilmette, IL Chiron Publications c1995Description: ix, 148p.; bibliog.; indexContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0-933029-94-2
- Bible. Old Testament
- Criticism Interpretation etc
- Abraham (Biblical patriarch)
- Isaac (Biblical patriarch)
- Sarah (Biblical Figure)
- Hagar (Biblical Figure)
- Sacrifice
- Symbolism of Names
- Circumcision
- Shadow (Psychology) and Religion
- Shofar, Symbolism of
- Kierkegaard, Soren Aabye. 1813-1855
- Jungian psychology--Religious aspects--Judaism
- Kook, Abraham Isaac. 1865-1935
- Faith
- Archetype (Psychology)
- Heroes
- Symbolism of Father's House
- God (Judaism)
- Self (Jungian Concept)
- Symbolism
- Abraham and Isaac
- Individuation (Psychology)
- Symbolism of Desert
- Symbolism of Three
- Symbolism of Turtle Dove
- Devil
- BS580.A3 D74 1995
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By Gustav Dreifuss and Judith Riemer. Orig. pub. in Hebrew as Abraham--Man and Symbol [Avraham--Adam Ve'Semel], TAG Publishers, Tel Aviv, c1993. Pub. in Italian as Abramo; l'uomo e il simbolo, La Giuntina, Firenze, c1994. English trans. by Naphtali Greenwood.
Isaac (Biblical Patriarch) : The binding; Implications of the binding; The echo of the binding in contemporary Israeli prose and poetry, p81-97; p99-103; p125-133.. Sarah and Hagar, p37-45.. The Covenant of the pieces: archetype of sacrfice, p29-36.. Symbolism of Sacrifice : pvii-viii.. The symbolic meaning of names, p47-52.. Circumcision : p53-59.. Abraham opposing the destructive force of God and the problem of the shadow, p61-72.. The symbol of the shofar - the ram's horn, p105-115.. Kierkegaard, Jung, and A.I. Kook on faith p135-138; 'Fear and Trembling,' p135-7.. Devil : see index under Satan.
1. Abraham's childhood in legends. 2. Abraham - God's command and promises. 3. The covenant of the pieces - archetype of sacrifice. 4. Sarah and Hagar. 5. The symbolic meaning of names. 6. Circumcision. 7. Abraham opposing the destructive force of God and the problem of the shadow. 8. Sarah, Abraham, and the Shadow. 9. The binding. 10. Implications of the binding. 11. The symbol of the shofar - the ram's horn. 12. The aftermath. 13. The echo of the binding in contemporary israeli prose and poetry. 14. Kirkegaard, Jung, and A.I. Kook on Faith.
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