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The real test of the Akedah: blind obedience versus moral choice.
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ff; III, 4, p. 137 ff. See also J.D. Bleich, With Perfect Faith (N.Y.: KTAV, 1983), p. 417; and Julius Guttmann, Philosophies of Judaism (N.Y.: Schocken, 1973), pp. 243-4.
44. Ramban notes at Gen. 22:12 that there is significance in the fact that God ordered the slaughter of Isaac, but an angel ordered Abraham to desist (Chavel, Ramban, p. 279). Mysteriously, that explanation, promised to be provided at Gen. 48:16, is not there forthcoming. The Ramban does say earlier, at Gen. 18:1-10, that God often commanded by prophecy, but revoked the command by the word of an angel, although ...
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Abraham and Sons, Inc.: religious pluralism demands open dialogue.(THEOLOGY 101)
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; ...and union with the god (the books of Ephesians...of the patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. The call of Abraham to leave home and...Christianity and Islam. Abraham's sons Ishmael and...the drama in which God made covenant promises...and rightly so. Abraham's two children ...
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ABRAHAM, OUR FATHER.(Brief Article)
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; ...skilled union negotiator, Abraham bargains God down from 50 to 40 to 10 righteous...promise of fecundity. This time Abraham laughed in God's face (17: 17), and Sarah...young beast for the sacrifice? Abraham choked out: God will provide , and then bound...
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Do Christians and Muslims worship the same God?
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; ...traditions that claim to worship the God of Abraham, since these exhibit complex patterns...have seriously misidentified the God of Abraham--a charge made by each in various...of the philosophers than to the God of Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac and Jacob. To...
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Comedy of salvation: believing what God wants us to do can make us pregnant with laughter.
Magazine article from: Presbyterian Record
; ...begins. It is where God announces Sarah will...baby formula. Tell Abraham to cancel lawn bowling...anything too much for God to arrange? Yes, even that, Abraham and Sarah. For us...conceiving new work of God. Look at all the Abrahams and Sarahs among...
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Humans don't like confusion, but God waits for us in the mess.(Brief Article)
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; God put Abraham to the test. Genesis 22:1 Most of us...about God is more disturbing still. Did God really put Abraham to the test? Why would God do such...know our hearts already? And why would God test Abraham in such a soul-wrenching way? Bringing...
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Abraham as father of tumultuous family: Hebron killings recall old ties that bind and bother world religions.
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; ...Babylonian captivity, the Abraham-Sarah story could...Warsaw ghetto in 1942. Abraham's faith in God's promise to make...promise. It sees Abraham through the most...trials, after which God is faithful and keeps...initiative. He is a God who is both personal...which we call prayer. ...
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God: the unauthorized biography.
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; ...taught his disciples. 5 One God? It's often assumed that the religions derived from Abraham--Judaism, Christianity and...the patriarchs of Israel--Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses--even worshipped the same god. While the god of Abraham was most probably El, the god of Moses was ...
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In the thick of it: Abraham, isaac & a ram; Abraham was willing to obey god even to the extent of sacrificing his son, his future. (Word Alive).(Bible passage interpretation)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Presbyterian Record
; ...son as a burnt offering to God. Reaching the mountain, Abraham left behind the donkey and...Where is the lamb? And Abraham's ironic reply: God will provide the lamb. As...God, Jesus of Nazareth.) Abraham feared God ; that is, he was obedient...
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Children of Abraham, children of God: metaphorical kinship in Paul's Letter to the Galatians.
Magazine article from: Currents in Theology and Mission
; ...believers of Galatia as children of Abraham, as inheritors of God's blessing to Abraham, and...nations become children of Abraham by God's grace through faith and not...blessed (3:6-9). The promise by God to Abraham is the promise that is fulfilled...
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But I am not Abraham.(reflections on Abraham's willingness to offer Isaac)(Brief Article)
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; ...Mr. Rea? Yes, but I am not Abraham. And what if God told you to `offer your only...who is appearing to me, are God.' Kant thought that Abraham was wrong, but you think...knew that he could trust God. Did Abraham then obey while knowing all...
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