Timeline for Why did God ask Abraham to offer his son Isaac as a burnt offering? (Genesis 22:2)
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| Jan 29 at 13:46 | answer | added | Arlyn | timeline score: 0 | |
| Sep 29, 2019 at 20:11 | answer | added | Anthony T | timeline score: 1 | |
| Apr 9, 2018 at 2:41 | answer | added | Possibility | timeline score: 1 | |
| Mar 4, 2018 at 23:12 | comment | added | Chris Strickland | @Lucian: so if I lived in a society where human sacrifice was common I would believe the text to be explicit? | |
| Feb 26, 2018 at 22:15 | comment | added | Lucian | @ChrisStrickland: The only reason you are under this impression in the first place is because you don't live in a society where such practices are commonplace anymore. | |
| Feb 26, 2018 at 18:27 | comment | added | Chris Strickland | @Lucian: the idea that God's intent in this passage is to abolish human sacrifice is satisfying to me, but I wonder why that intent isn't more explicitly stated in the text. | |
| Jan 25, 2018 at 2:26 | history | edited | C. Kelly | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Corrected and clarified the grammar and spelling.
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| Jan 23, 2018 at 23:14 | answer | added | user33515 | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jan 23, 2018 at 21:04 | vote | accept | Ozzie Ozzie | ||
| Jan 23, 2018 at 20:14 | comment | added | Ozzie Ozzie | @Bach: Paul made comments on the faith of Abraham, Hebrews 6:13-18 and 11:17-19 and he believed that God asked Abraham to sacrifice his son, so the scriptures leave no doubt about it. | |
| Jan 23, 2018 at 19:55 | comment | added | Nigel J | @user33515 Yes. Point taken. This is about 'the interpretation of a bible passage' which is definitely on-topic as described in the Tour. I have retracted my close vote. Agreed. | |
| Jan 23, 2018 at 19:37 | comment | added | user33515 | @NigelJ et al. - how is the question not about the text? It is a question regarding the interpretation of a specific Bible passage (Genesis 22:2). I don't see the question having been edited, so I assume you are addressing the same question I am looking at. What am I missing here? | |
| Jan 23, 2018 at 18:58 | answer | added | Tess Yea | timeline score: -2 | |
| Jan 23, 2018 at 3:45 | comment | added | bach | God never intended to sacrifice Issac, he was just testing his faith as the bible itself testifies in the beginning of the story. Alternatively, god never told him to sacrifice, it is rather a poetic description of Abraham's evolution from his paganistic roots to his enlightened belief in a merciful god. | |
| Jan 22, 2018 at 21:51 | comment | added | Lucian | Because such sacrifices were quite common in Abraham's time in the Middle East, as is attested elsewhere in Scripture. God is simultaneously testing his faith, and abolishing pagan practices, by ultimately refusing the human sacrifice, and providing a ram instead (the ancient Hebrews were nomadic shepherds, see Abel). | |
| Jan 22, 2018 at 21:48 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Jan 22, 2018 at 18:47 | history | asked | Ozzie Ozzie | CC BY-SA 3.0 |