The Binding or Sacrifice of Isaac - Biblical Archaeology Society (Sarah, Isaac’s mother, was 90 years old when she bore Isaac and had been barren all her life; Abraham was a hundred [Genesis 17:17] ) Isaac was his father’s beloved son Isaac carried the wood for his own sacrifice (Genesis 22:6), just as Christ carried his own cross
The Binding of Isaac - Biblical Archaeology Society Abraham is not fibbing to his son to spare his feelings, as some have thought The sleepless night I have alluded to has borne fruit Abraham has thought of God’s promise to him that Isaac’s would be the line that would bear him seed, and he has intuited that God is putting him to the test Isaac is blameless; Abraham is sure God will not
First Person: Human Sacrifice to an Ammonite God? Not so Initially, Isaac asked about the apparent absence of a lamb, to which Abraham replied cryptically”, God will see [to it], my son ” Then, three entire days of marching silently: the tension and the anxiety are thick without words! Also, to Stephania: Abraham, not Jacob is the father of Isaac
The Patriarch Abraham and Family - Biblical Archaeology Society According to the narrative in Genesis 22:2–18, God, without any warning, commands Abraham to sacrifice his beloved son, Isaac, as a burnt offering Father and son travel three days to Moriah, the place of sacrifice, where they build an altar Abraham binds Isaac, lays him on the firewood, and raises his knife to slay him
Which Altar Was the Right One in Ancient Israelite Religion? Read descriptions of hurried building of altars for at-the-moment sacrifices (e g Genesis 22:9, Abraham building the altar to sacrifice Isaac) Not a word about dressing stones or sculpting horns There is also the command to use earth or natural, not hewn, stones (Ex 24-25) to build an altar, and the place is that of a people on the move
D. C. -Area Lecture: The Collapse of Civilizations in 1177 B. C. and the . . . With Jesus , we gentiles killed Him , yet God accepted it as a sacrifice, something which we had never considered, yet future gospel writers could build this in to their writings… and with Abraham , the Talmud shows that Isaac was fully involved in the process, He even overcame Abraham’s reluctance to do it and tied some of the ropes
What Does the Bible Say About Children—and What Does Archaeology Say . . . Biblical passages about child sacrifice include Genesis 22 (Abraham’s near sacrifice of Isaac to Yahweh), Leviticus 18:21; 20:2–4 (sacrificing children to Molech), Judges 11 (Jepthah sacrificing his daughter to fulfill a vow), 2 Kings 21:6 (King Manasseh passing his sons through fire as an offering), and Jeremiah 32:35 (sacrificing children
New Monumental Structure Uncovered Near Ur Is the Sumerian Ur Abraham’s Ur of the Chaldees? Find Out More in the BAS Library Where Was Abraham’s Ur? The Case for the Babylonian City BAR 27:03, May Jun 2001 By Alan R Millard Abraham’s Ur—Is the Pope Going to the Wrong Place? BAR 26:02, Mar Apr 2000 By Hershel Shanks Abraham’s Ur: Did Woolley Excavate the Wrong Place? BAR 26
Gary Rendsburg - Biblical Archaeology Society BAS Scholar Series, August 26, 2021 The Book of Genesis: Tracing the Origins of the Ancestral Narratives In the opening lecture of the BAS Scholar Series, Professor Gary A Rendsburg of Rutgers University highlights key discussions from his chapter “The Ancestral Narratives,” which opens the fourth and latest edition of BAS’ highly acclaimed volume, Ancient Israel: From Abraham to the
Jewish Worship, Pagan Symbols - Biblical Archaeology Society We are in Genesis 22, and Abraham is about to sacrifice Isaac In case we might have forgotten our Bible class, the names of the principals—Abraham, Isaac and the ram—are spelled out in inscriptions above their heads, and the hand of God stopping the sacrifice is clearly marked with the words “do not put forth your hand [against the lad] ”