But I am not Abraham.(reflections on Abraham's willingness to offer Isaac)(Brief Article) The Christian Century | February 2, 2000| | COPYRIGHT 2000 The Christian Century Foundation. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

FOR SOME TIME now I have been both attracted to and troubled by the story of Abraham's journey to present his son Isaac as a burnt offering in the land of Moriah. I was moved by Abraham's extraordinary devotion to God but repelled by the thought that it made him willing to sacrifice his only child. So I turned with considerable interest to an article in a recent issue of the International Journal of Systematic Theology. In discussing Kierkegaard's reading of the story, Murray Rea argues there that "while no justification of Abraham's action ... may be offered, he is ...

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