Shakespeare and Abraham

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2015
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Explores William Shakespeare's dramatic fascination with the story of Abraham's near sacrifice of his son Isaac in Genesis 22. Ken Jackson argues that the most important influence of Genesis 22 and its interpretive tradition is to be found in the conceptual framework that Shakespeare develops to explore relationships among ideas of religion, sovereignty, law, and justice.

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Explores William Shakespeare's dramatic fascination with the story of Abraham's near sacrifice of his son Isaac in Genesis 22. Ken Jackson argues that the most important influence of Genesis 22 and its interpretive tradition is to be found in the conceptual framework that Shakespeare develops to explore relationships among ideas of religion, sovereignty, law, and justice.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 184
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Published: 15 Mar 2015
ISBN 10: 0268032718
ISBN 13: 9780268032715

Shakespeare and Abraham

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$27.39

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