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Yet Another Abraham
Yet Another Abraham

Author(s): Gil Anidjar
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion
Published by: Međunarodni forum Bosna

Summary/Abstract: Was Abraham religious? Was he, I don’t know, very religious? Was he more religious on a particular day of the week, or was it only when the angels dropped by? More so when he bargained with God or did battle for his nephew? Was his religion more visible, more ostentatious, when he migrated—twice—to Canaan, cursed or blessed himself and his descendants with a life of aliens, when he built or arranged a house (or the Ka‘ba), or when he realized, all on his own and no thanks to the king of Sodom (Sodom!), his version of the American dream (livestock, silver, and gold, and a private mausoleum too—a lasting investment there)? Was it visible when he denied Sarah—twice, again, not thrice, like Peter with Jesus—or banished Hagar and their son to the wilderness? Did he perhaps affirm and demonstrate his religiosity better when he circumcised himself, walked with his son, perhaps the other, to the mountain, or when he had his servant later swear with his hand on his genitals? Was that because he was against mixed marriages, by the way? Was Keturah? And did Abraham have a take on abortion as well, a religious take? And what was his religion anyway?

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 58-59
  • Page Range: 5-28
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: English