Fear and Trembling

Fear and Trembling is a philosophical work bySoren Kierkegaard, published in 1843. The title is a reference to a line fromPhilippians2:12, "...continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling." - itself a probable reference to Psalms 55:5.

Kierkegaard wanted to understand the anxietythat must have been present inAbrahamwhen "God tested him and said to him, takeIsaac, your only son, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah and offer him as a burnt offering on the mountain that I...