David N. Gottlieb
David N. Gottlieb received his PhD in the History of Judaism from the University of Chicago Divinity School in 2018. He has written for numerous academic publications, including The Journal of Religion, AJS Review, AJS Perspectives, The Toronto Journal for Jewish Thought, and The Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception
Second Slayings
The Binding of Isaac and the Formation of Jewish Memory
Series: Judaism in Context 24
ISBN: 978-1-4632-4026-4
In Second Slayings: The Binding of Isaac and the Formation of Jewish Memory, David N. Gottlieb explores the decisive - and, until now, under-appreciated - influence exerted on Jewish memory by the Akedah, the Binding of Isaac narrative in the Book of Genesis. Through the lenses of hermeneutics, literary and social theory, and history, Gottlieb reveals the ways in the Akedah narrative models the act of interpretation as a means of recovery from and commemoration of crisis - a strategy that has penetrated every aspect and era of Jewish life.
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