The First Father Abraham
University Press of America
The First Father AbrahamThe Psychology and Culture of A Spiritual Revolutionary\nAuthor(s): Henry Hanoch Abramovitch\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University Press of America, United States\nImprint: University Press of America\nISBN-13: 9780819190277, 978-0819190277\nSynopsis\nThis book discusses the adult development of the Biblical Patriarch, Abraham, as a 'Spiritual Revolutionary' (based on Genesis [tel]. 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. Focusing on the Hebrew text, and with the help of life-cycle psychology and cultural anthropology, the author argues that the 'sacrifice of the most beloved son' must be viewed not as an isolated act, but against the background of his personal and spiritual development, using the Biblical text as a life history. Abramovitch applies several approaches: theory of adult development; Robert Jay Lifton's ''
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