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The Sacrifice of Isaac: A Humanistic Interpretation

  • Erich Fromm, one of the pioneers of Third Force psychology, consciences: the authoritarian conscience, which, representing the values of munity or culture, demands obedience; and the humanistic conscience, which, the inner self, asks that the individual act in ways that show his respect for his potentiality. It is not surprising that the two consciences, in life as well as in literature, often in conflict. What is surprising is the occasional example of ready obedience demands of an authoritarian conscience. The biblical account of the sacrifice Old English versions of which are discussed in this paper, provides just such an comparison of the language of the Cædmonian poet with that of Ælfric's almost word translation from the Vulgate leads to a conclusion that the biblical story and Isaac represents a moment in the history of religious consciousness when the authoritarian conscience was succeeded by the humanistic conscience.

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Author:Marie Nelson
Parent Title (German):Neuphilologische Mitteilungen, Vol. 89, No. 3 (1988), pp. 286-294. [Online ISSN 2736-9714] [jstor.org/stable/43343868]
Document Type:Articles
Language:English
Year of first Publication:1988
Release Date:2024/04/04
Format:to purchase via publisher
IdNo:Nelson_M_1988
Writings about Erich Fromm (Secondary Literature):Articles / Artikel
Erich Fromm's Library and Erich Fromm Archive:Articles / Artikel
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