Jacob and Joseph, Judaism's architects and birth of the ego ideal /

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Author / Creator:Szajnberg, Nathan M., author.
Imprint:Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018.
©2018
Description:1 online resource (114 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13584752
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ISBN:9781527524712
152752471X
9781527516243
1527516245
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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Summary:Three seminal father-son stories, operatic in scale, endure in Western civilization. The first is Oedipus, the son who believed a prophecy that he would kill his father and bed his mother, who believed a seer more than in himself. Freud found this a central tale for a child's development and life course. The second, Abraham's near-sacrifice of Isaac, halted by God's hand, set a standard for man's belief in a God who demands child sacrifice, comes to the brink, then abjures. This leaves the son with inhibitions, wordless. Third is the Christ story, which begins with a man who believes he is God.
Other form:Print version: Szajnberg, Nathan M. Jacob and Joseph, Judaism's architects and birth of the ego ideal. Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018 9781527516243