Abraham's Curse <subTitle>Child sacrifice in the legacies of the West: The roots of violence in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam</subTitle> </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Chilton, Bruce David</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <namePart type="date">(1949-...)</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Author</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">4:1</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>Doubleday</publisher> <dateIssued>2008</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">0 e</languageTerm> </language> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">ng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>259tr.</extent> <extent>Hardcover</extent> <extent>24cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>Explores the significance and implications of Abraham's near-sacrifice of his son Isaac to shed new light on religious conflicts in the modern world, analyzing the impact of the story on the beliefs and teachings of Judaism, Islam, and Christianity.</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">Bruce David Chilton</note> <subject> <topic>Child sacrifice</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Abraham</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Abraham -- Biblical patriarch</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">222.11064</classification> <classification authority="ddc">B886-C54</classification> <identifier type="isbn">9780385520270</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/ImageCover/2022/8/30/_007875206_140.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/ImageCover/2022/8/30/_007875206_140.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordContentSource authority="marcorg">1</recordContentSource> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2022-0</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119070734.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>