Q:Good God Squad piece this week, Rabbi! I am preaching this coming Sunday on that father/son relationship of Abraham and Isaac at my church in Patchogue, N.Y., where I serve as pastor. I love ...

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.

Jewish legend even says that Isaac was burnt to ashes and later resurrected. Not that the text itself says there was a sacrifice. ... God tested Abraham, and Abraham tested Isaac.

God: (Genesis 22:2, as read on Rosh HaShanah) “Take your child, your only child, that you love so dearly, and offer him to Me as a sacrifice.” Me: (in the voice of John McEnroe, 1981) “You ...

To the Editor: Bruce Chilton’s “Abraham’s Curse” (The Chronicle Review, February 15) engages in the politically and theologically fashionable practice of moral equivalence by suggesting ...

According to one of the most famous Biblical stories, God tested Abraham by instructing him offer his son Isaac as a human sacrifice. Abraham obeyed; he took Isaac up a mountain, gathered wood ...

Vayeira (Genesis 18-22) Contrary to Christian belief the Binding of Isaac is not a prophecy for human sacrifice or crucifixion, which in Jewish Law is an abomination.

Oh God said to Abraham, “Kill me a son” Abe says, “Man, you must be puttin’ me on” God say, “No.” Abe say, “What?” God say, “You can do what The Bible as literature: Bob Dylan ...

Unmasking the persistence of the sacrificial impulse in contemporary society. in Genesis 22:1–19, God tests Abraham’s faith by commanding him to sacrifice his only son, Isaac. Abraham, who had waited ...