Introduction: Abraham and the Shakespearean Stage
CHAPTER 1. The Wakefield Cycle Play and the Interpretive Tradition
CHAPTER 2. Weak Sovereignty and Genesis 22 in 3 Henry VI and King John
CHAPTER 3. Richard II: Sovereign Violence, and Good Old Abraham
CHAPTER 4. Titus Andronicus: Why Aaron Saves His Son—and Titus Does Not
CHAPTER 5. The Merchant of Venice: Shylock, the Knight of Faith?
CHAPTER 6. Timon of Athens: One Wish, and the Possibility of the Impossible