Salkin, Jeffrey K., 1954-

The gods are broken! the hidden legacy of Abraham / [electronic resource] : Jeffrey K. Salkin. - Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society, 2013. - xviii, 157 p.

Includes bibliographical references.

1. Out of Ur -- 2. Abraham the iconoclast -- 3. Which Gods shall we break today? -- 4. Three paths to the sacred -- 5. The primal trauma of the Jewish people -- 6. (Re)embracing Tera -- 7. From broken idols to broken tablets -- 8. The sound of broken glass: Jewish iconoclasm and anti-Semitism.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

9780827609310 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780827611429 (e-book)




Abraham (Biblical patriarch)


Midrash rabbah.--Genesis--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible.--O.T.--Genesis--Criticism, interpretation, etc.


Antisemitism.
Idols and images--Worship--Biblical teaching.
Iconoclasm.
Monotheism--Biblical teaching.


Electronic books.

BS1199.I34 / S25 2013eb

296.4/9