Abraham

Bible

Rosh Hashanah

is caught up in a contradiction where, ethically, he meant to murder Isaac, but religiously he meant to sacrifice him.

The ethical expression for what Abraham did is that he meant to murder Isaac... the religious expression is that he meant to sacrifice Isaac'but precisely in this contradiction is the anxiety that can make a person sleepless, and yet without this anxiety Abraham is not who he is.

is a giant of giants; his height was that of seventy-four men. His food, his drink, his strength were in proportion.

Abraham was a giant of giants; his height was that of seventy-four men. His food, his drink, his strength were in proportion.

is neither a Jew nor a Christian, but he was of the true religion, one resigned unto God, and was not of the number of the idolaters.

Abraham was neither a Jew nor a Christian, but he was of the true religion, one resigned unto God, and was not of the number of the idolaters.

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