Object Details artist Pelby, W. Mrs. Notes Appears in exhibition catalog as entry no. 2 Gen. 22: 9.--And they came to the place which God had told them of: and Abraham built an altar there and laid ...

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The parable is precise in its reading of the story of the binding of Isaac – Abraham is technically not commanded to actually sacrifice Isaac but only to offer him up as a sacrifice (Genesis 22, 2).

Isaac is the fulfillment of God’s promise, the long-awaited and almost-despaired-of biological heir and heir of the covenant. Now God asks Abraham to sacrifice him.

Abraham's binding and sacrifice of Isaac appear often in early Renaissance art in Florence, a turbulent period in which Christian theologians saw the story as both a prefigurement of Christ's ...

Q: Attending Catholic school as a child, I remember being bothered by the story of Abraham being tested by God. God asked Abraham to sacrifice his only son, Isaac, up to Him. Once God saw that Abra… ...

There are versions in which Isaac’s mother, Sarah, stops the sacrifice, and versions in which Isaac runs away. Bob Dylan’s Abraham thinks God is putting him on.