TY  - BOOK
AU  - Salkin,Jeffrey K.
TI  - The Gods are broken!: the hidden legacy of Abraham 
SN  - 0827611420
AV  - BS1199.I34 S25 2013
U1  - 296.4/9 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Philadelphia
PB  - Jewish Publication Society
KW  - Abraham
KW  - Abraham,
KW  - Midrash rabbah
KW  - Genesis
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - Bible
KW  - fast
KW  - Idols and images
KW  - Worship
KW  - Biblical teaching
KW  - Iconoclasm
KW  - Monotheism
KW  - Antisemitism
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Judaism
KW  - Rituals & Practice
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
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