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Faith in a Hidden God [electronic resource] : Luther, Kierkegaard, and the Binding of Isaac / Elizabeth Palmer.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Emerging scholars | Book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2018 2015); Minneapolis [Minnesota] : Fortress Press, [2017] 2015)Description: 1 online resource (1 PDF (xvii, 319 pages).)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781506432748
  • 1506432743
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 222/.1106 23
LOC classification:
  • BS1238.S24 P354 2017
Online resources:
Contents:
1. Pedagogy and anagogy in twentieth-century readings of Genesis 22 -- 2. Luther's reading of Genesis 22 : the lectures on Genesis in historical and theological perspective -- 3. Faith as movement in relation to the lectures on Genesis -- 4. Kierkegaard's reading of Genesis 22 : fear and trembling in historical and theological perspective -- 5. Faith as movement in relation to fear and trembling -- 6. The value of anagogical exegesis for faith.
Summary: The story of the binding of Isaac presents problems and opportunities for people who seek to live faithfully in relationship with a God who surpasses our understanding. This book examines how Luther and Kierkegaard read Genesis 22 in lively ways that both challenge and edify the life of faith. Luther uses the concept of resurrection to sanitize the story of its horror, portraying God as a loving (albeit testing) father and Abraham as a model of trust. Kierkegaard emphasizes the unintelligibility of both God and Abraham, showing that faith--whatever it is--is not easily spoken of. Yet, both interpretations are anagogical: they move their readers in the faith of which they speak. Luther's exegesis helps readers flee from the horror of a hidden God toward the comfort of trusting in the mercy of God, promised and revealed through Christ. Kierkegaard's interpretation drives readers toward the abyss and leaves them hovering there, on the cusp of faith active in love. At once a history of exegesis and a theological exploration of the meaning of faith in the face of suffering, this book demonstrates how the way we read the Bible is crucial to the life of faith.
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Revision of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago Divinity School, 2013 under title: Abraham I cannot understand : anagogy in Luther's and Kierkegaard's readings of Genesis 22.

Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [287]-304) and indexes.

1. Pedagogy and anagogy in twentieth-century readings of Genesis 22 -- 2. Luther's reading of Genesis 22 : the lectures on Genesis in historical and theological perspective -- 3. Faith as movement in relation to the lectures on Genesis -- 4. Kierkegaard's reading of Genesis 22 : fear and trembling in historical and theological perspective -- 5. Faith as movement in relation to fear and trembling -- 6. The value of anagogical exegesis for faith.

The story of the binding of Isaac presents problems and opportunities for people who seek to live faithfully in relationship with a God who surpasses our understanding. This book examines how Luther and Kierkegaard read Genesis 22 in lively ways that both challenge and edify the life of faith. Luther uses the concept of resurrection to sanitize the story of its horror, portraying God as a loving (albeit testing) father and Abraham as a model of trust. Kierkegaard emphasizes the unintelligibility of both God and Abraham, showing that faith--whatever it is--is not easily spoken of. Yet, both interpretations are anagogical: they move their readers in the faith of which they speak. Luther's exegesis helps readers flee from the horror of a hidden God toward the comfort of trusting in the mercy of God, promised and revealed through Christ. Kierkegaard's interpretation drives readers toward the abyss and leaves them hovering there, on the cusp of faith active in love. At once a history of exegesis and a theological exploration of the meaning of faith in the face of suffering, this book demonstrates how the way we read the Bible is crucial to the life of faith.

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