The Last Trial: On the Legends and Lore of the Command to Abraham to Offer Isaac as a Sacrifice (Jewish Lights Classic Reprint) by Shalom Spiegel

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Woodstock, VT: Jewish Lights Publishing. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xxx, 162pp. Very good softcover. Pages clean, binding sound. A Jewish Lights Classic Reprint. . Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Paperback Edition. 1993.

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Jewish Lights Publishing, September 1993. Paper Back. New. Slain by Abraham, Isaac is resurrected by the angel; the ram that took Isaac's place was created on the Sabbath; God is not testing Abraham's faith but punishing him for rejecting Ishmael. Variations and details such as these were woven into the Genesis text by centuries of Talmudic lore and rabbinic commentary. In this classic work, Spiegel explores the rich traditions surrounding the <i>Akedah</i> (binding of Isaac) from the earliest Jewish legends through the Middle Ages. He traces the story's echoes of ancient sacrificial rites--both animal and human--into the archaic past and demonstrates its influence on various Old Covenant rituals that followed: Isaac's near-sacrifice prefigures the Passover, the ram's horn becomes the shofur that announces the New Year. The <i>Akedah</i> served as a perennial touchstone for collective memory, summoned up as each generation faced trials and persecutions… Read More

Jewish Lights, 1993 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Minor shelf wear. Otherwise a square, tight, unmarked book. Index. xxx, 165 pp. .