Abraham Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Literature=== ''[[Fear and Trembling]]'' (original [[Danish language|Danish]] title: ''Frygt og Bæven'') is an influential philosophical work by [[Søren Kierkegaard]], published in 1843 under the pseudonym ''Johannes de silentio'' (''John the Silent''). Kierkegaard wanted to understand the anxiety that must have been present in Abraham when God asked him to sacrifice his son.{{sfn|Kierkegaard|1980|pp=155–156}} [[W. G. Hardy]]'s novel ''Father Abraham'' (1935) tells the fictionalized life story of Abraham.<ref>{{cite news|title=Abraham's Quest For God|last=Allison|first=W. T.|date=26 January 1935|newspaper=Winnipeg Tribune|location=Winnipeg, Manitoba|page=39|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-jan-26-1935-1458299/}}{{free access}}</ref> In her short story collection ''[[Sarah and After]]'', [[Lynne Reid Banks]] tells the story of Abraham and Sarah, with an emphasis on Sarah's view of events.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sutherland |first=Zena |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UxgsBHor_LgC&dq=%22Sarah+and+After%22+Lynne+Reid+Banks&pg=PA28 |title=The Best in Children's Books: The University of Chicago Guide to Children's Literature, 1973–78 |date=1980 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |isbn=978-0-226-78059-7 |page=28 |language=en}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page