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003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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PMNP |
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20250422094856.0 |
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
978-0814789315 |
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
Original cataloging agency |
PMNP |
Language of cataloging |
eng |
Transcribing agency |
Kutubkhanah Diraja |
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
Classification number |
203.4. |
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
9 (RLIN) |
3478 |
Personal name |
Weddle, David L. |
Dates associated with a name |
1942- |
Fuller form of name |
(David Leroy), |
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
Title |
Sacrifice in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam |
Statement of responsibility, etc. |
David L. Weddle |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
New York |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
NYU Press |
Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
September 19, 2017 |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
Extent |
272p. |
Dimensions |
6 x 0.66 x 9 inches |
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
Summary, etc. |
In the book of Genesis, God tests the faith of the Hebrew patriarch Abraham by demanding that he sacrifice the life of his beloved son, Isaac. Bound by common admiration for Abraham, the religious traditions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam also promote the practice of giving up human and natural goods to attain religious ideals. Each tradition negotiates the moral dilemmas posed by Abraham’s story in different ways, while retaining the willingness to perform sacrifice as an identifying mark of religious commitment.<br/><br/>This book considers the way in which Jews, Christians, and Muslims refer to “sacrifice”―not only as ritual offerings, but also as the donation of goods, discipline, suffering, and martyrdom. Weddle highlights objections to sacrifice within these traditions as well, presenting voices of dissent and protest in the name of ethical duty. Sacrifice forfeits concrete goods for abstract benefits, a utopian vision of human community, thereby sparking conflict with those who do not share the same ideals.<br/><br/>Weddle places sacrifice in the larger context of the worldviews of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, using this nearly universal religious act as a means of examining similarities of practice and differences of meaning among these important world religions. This book takes the concept of sacrifice across these three religions, and offers a cross-cultural approach to understanding its place in history and deep-rooted traditions. |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
9 (RLIN) |
3222 |
Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Religions |
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
Source of classification or shelving scheme |
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Koha item type |
Books |
Suppress in OPAC |
No |