ENG150Y1 Lecture Notes - Erich Auerbach, Binding Of Isaac, Retributive Justice
Document Summary
Chapter 22 of genesis: binding of isaac (akedah) Details within the text that contrast the common feeling that abraham"s compliance is intolerable: the syntax of god"s command suggests difficulty for abraham. Isaac"s perspective, attention to family relationship is stressed in the foreground. Call of god to abraham is repeated: father! here i am, my son . Or does abraham genuinely believe god won"t make him kill his son. Knife is not mentioned in binding of isaac. God of promise versus a god whose blessings bring fear. Deeply influential for artistic, poetic prowess and variety of interpretive power. Artistry of hebrew bible: juxtaposition of different events revealed through different viewpoint, done by taking two different versions and stitching them together, discrepencies are still present to make the reader interpret. One perspective doesn"t take precedence over the other. Council of heavenly beings with both god and satan. Abraham and job both undergo incredible, arduous tasks. Repetitions of 3; 3 messengers to job.
