Article Title

‘Binding of Isaac’ Focus of FARMS Conference, Lecture

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Keywords

conference, religion, history, BYU, scriptures

Abstract

Genesis 22 records that God commanded Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac upon an altar but intervened at the last moment, providing instead a ram for the actual sacrifice and greatly blessing Abraham for passing what has come to be viewed as the ultimate test of obedience to God’s will. The account, simple enough in outline, is nevertheless seen by different religious traditions as profoundly symbolic and even enigmatic, its moral and religious implications having spawned numerous interpretations.

Recommended Citation

(2004) "‘Binding of Isaac’ Focus of FARMS Conference, Lecture," Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship: Vol. 24: No. 3, Article 2.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/insights/vol24/iss3/2