In the Shadow of Moloch

by Martin S. Bergmann

Sacrificial infanticide and the development of Western religions; the psychology of sacrifice; the transformation of human sacrifice in Greek tragedy; myth and monotheism; significance of sacrifice of the firstborn for the formation of the Jewish religion; the sacrifice of Isaac; the sacrifice of Christ; the infant Christ as the Oedipal victor; pagan, Christian, and racial anti-semitism; psychoanalytic and mythological considerations; the Oedipus complex; the Laius complex.

Genres: Religion, History

347 pages, Hardcover

First published October 15, 1992