RELIGIOUS STUDIES 002: 601
READINGS OF GENESIS 22 FROM THE THREE TRADITIONS

 

JUDAISM

A. Sept. 20: Hebrew Bible

1. Genesis 22

B. Sept. 27: Rabbinic Judaism, Middle Ages

1. Midrash: Targum Pseudo-Jonathan (In Alexander)

2. Midrash: readings of the Aqedah

3. Philosophy: Maimonides on Aqedah

4. Mysticism: mystical reading of the Aqedah

CHRISTIANITY

A. Oct. 11: Early Christianity

1. Bible: Paul's reading of the Binding of Isaac in Romans & Hebrews

2. Bible: James on the Binding

3. Church Fathers on Abraham and Isaac

B. Oct. 18: Christianity through the Middle Ages

1. Augustine from City of God

C. Nov. 8: Reformation

1. John Calvin on Faith (Web)

D. Nov. 15: Modern Christianity

Wilfrid Owen's poem "The Parable of the Old Man and the Young"