One of the most important philosophical texts of all time, Fear and Trembling explores through the story of Abraham and his willing sacrifice of his son Isaac many of Kierkegaard's major philosophical and religious concepts, including Kierkegaard's ideas regarding the "leap of faith", and the need to continually re-experience belief. The late Robert Payne's translation, originally published by Oxford University Press in the 1930s, is printed in the US for the first time in this edition.