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| Title: Aqedat Isak. Judisk tolkning af Genesis 22:1-19
(The Aqedah of Isaac: Jewish Interpretation of Genesis 22:1-19) Secondary Title: SEA Volume: 62 Pages: 57-86 Type: Journal Article Year: 1997 Abstract: Klostergaard Petersen, Anders in: JSJ 30.4 (1999) 485: "An examination and discussion of the aqedah motif in Jewish literature [4 Mcc; LAB, Jub; Philo; Josephus' Ant; TO; Ps-Jon; Neof I; FT; GenRab; Sanh; PRE; LevRav; Pesiq.R.; MEK]. Based on the sources three separate interpretative paradigms are delineated: 1) Abraham as the decisive protagonist depicted as an ideal for faith and love in God [ the apocryphal literature; Jub; Philo]; 2= Abraham and particularly Isaac as prototypes of Jewish martyrs [Ant; 4 Mcc; (LAB)]; 3) Atoning akedah. Isaac as the protagonist [the targumic and rabbinic literature; LAB]".
Willis, John T. in: OTA 22.3 (1999), 431: "Three major interpretations of Gen 22:1-19 appear in ancient Jewish sources. First, the Apocrypha, the Book of Jubilees, and Philo stress that this narrative portrays Abraham as an example of faith in and love for God. Second, Josephus' version of the Aqedah and the allusions to Gen 22:1-19 in 4 Maccabees affirm that this text portrays Abraham - and especially Isaac - as prototypes of later Jewish martyrs. Third, Pseudo-Philo's LAB, certain Targumic texts, and various Midrashim interpret Isaac's binding on the altar as an act of expiation or propitiation for the sins of humankind". Keywords: Interpretation of the Bible in Ancient Judaism |