Holy Embrace
Autor Mario Brelich Traducere de John Shepleyen Limba Engleză Paperback – 7 oct 1996
This imaginative reworking of the story of Abraham and Sarah combines myth, rabbinic lore, storytelling, and psychological insight to create new and revealing interpretations of ancient texts.
In The Holy Embrace, Abraham repudiates the idols worshipped by his ancestors and accepts God when the Lord selects him as the ambivalent patriarch of His chosen people. But the greatest impediment to God's designs is Abraham's infatuation with his wife, "the most beautiful woman in the world," who is also narcissistic and frigid. How the miracle of their holy embrace is finally accomplished, and how their son Isaac is conceived in accordance with God's command, forms the substance of this profound and witty book.
In The Holy Embrace, Abraham repudiates the idols worshipped by his ancestors and accepts God when the Lord selects him as the ambivalent patriarch of His chosen people. But the greatest impediment to God's designs is Abraham's infatuation with his wife, "the most beautiful woman in the world," who is also narcissistic and frigid. How the miracle of their holy embrace is finally accomplished, and how their son Isaac is conceived in accordance with God's command, forms the substance of this profound and witty book.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780810160293
ISBN-10: 0810160293
Pagini: 229
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.31 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Northwestern University Press
Colecția Marlboro Press
ISBN-10: 0810160293
Pagini: 229
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.31 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Northwestern University Press
Colecția Marlboro Press
Notă biografică
Mario Brelich (1910-82) gained fame in the Italian literary world with the publication of The Holy Embrace in 1972. Also available from The Marlboro Press / Northwestern are Navigator of the Flood, about Noah and The Work of Betrayal—the story of Judas Iscariot's betrayal of Christ as "investigated" by Poe's great detective, Dupin.
John Shepley has translated the works of Brelich, Camon, and Pasolini, among others.
Cuprins
I. Abraham laughs
II. The discoverer
III. Love's mystique
IV. Love's magic
V. A little apologetics
VI. Sarah laughs
VII. A cry reaching heaven
VIII. Honeymoon in Gerar
IX. The Lord laughs (Epilogue)
II. The discoverer
III. Love's mystique
IV. Love's magic
V. A little apologetics
VI. Sarah laughs
VII. A cry reaching heaven
VIII. Honeymoon in Gerar
IX. The Lord laughs (Epilogue)
Descriere
This imaginative reworking of the story of Abraham and Sarah combines myth, rabbinic lore, storytelling, and psychological insight to create new and revealing interpretations of ancient texts.