The the hidden legacy of Abraham Salkin, Jeffrey K. 1954- creator text bibliography Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc. pau 2013 monographic eng 1 online resource The story of Abraham smashing his father's idols might be the most important Jewish story ever told and the key to how Jews define themselves. In a work at once deeply erudite and wonderfully accessible, Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin conducts readers through the life and legacy of this powerful story and explains how it has shaped Jewish consciousness. Offering a radical view of Jewish existence, The Gods Are Broken! views the story of the young Abraham as the "primal trauma" of Jewish history, one critical to the development of a certain Jewish comfort with rebelliousness and one t. 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. Jeffrey K. Salkin. Includes bibliographical references. (Biblical patriarch) Abraham Criticism, interpretation, etc Criticism, interpretation, etc Biblical patriarch Abraham (Biblical patriarch) Abraham Idols and images Worship Biblical teaching Iconoclasm Monotheism Biblical teaching Antisemitism RELIGION Judaism Rituals & Practice Antisemitism Iconoclasm Idols and images Worship Biblical teaching Monotheism Biblical teaching BS1199.I34 S25 2013 296.4/9 Salkin, Jeffrey K., 1954- (DLC) 2012042380 0827611420 9780827611429 05D4A2AA-3108-4B47-AA2E-112C13167273 OverDrive, Inc. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=534462 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=534462 MNU 130307 20200709055734.0 ocn841903665 eng