Ishmael and Isaac: An Essay on the Divergent Moral Economies of the Qur'an and the Torah

Alam, Mohammad

doi:10.2139/ssrn.1715104

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Ishmael and Isaac: An Essay on the Divergent Moral Economies of the Qur'an and the Torah

M. Shahid Alam

Northeastern University

July 1, 2010

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This essay briefly visits the episode of Abraham’s near-sacrifice of his son – in the Qur’ān and the Torah – and from this comparison deduces two Qur'anic principles of seminal significance: the autonomy of the individual and the intrinsic worth of all human communities.

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Keywords: Abraham, Isaac, Ishmael, Sacrifice, Qur'an, Quran, Koran, Torah, Bible, Old Testament, New Testament, Individual, Community, Autonomy, Judaism, Islam, Christianity, Autonomy, Responsibility, Accountability

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Date posted: November 26, 2010 ; Last revised: December 19, 2010

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Alam, M. Shahid, Ishmael and Isaac: An Essay on the Divergent Moral Economies of the Qur'an and the Torah (July 1, 2010). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1715104 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1715104

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Mohammad Shahid Alam (Contact Author)

Northeastern University ( email )

Boston, MA 02115
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