Tag: Abraham

• Sin, Sodom and Gomorrah

  In Genesis 18, Yahweh tells Abraham that the noise of an “outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah” has been so loud, it’s reached him up in his abode above the skies. He says, “I must go down and see if they are as wicked as the outcry suggests”, which implies that he’s not as “all-knowing” as…

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  30th May 2021

  Hebrew Bible, Literature, Old Testament, Poetry, Religion

  Abraham, Genesis, Hospitality, Lot, Social Justice, Sodom

• Abraham and Child Sacrifice

  In Genesis 22, there’s a disturbing story about God ordering Abraham to sacrifice his son. A ram is provided as a substitute, but only at the last possible moment. As readers we’re told that, “God tested Abraham“, but the man himself is given no such explanation, and God rubs salt into the wound by reminding…

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  26th May 2021

  Hebrew Bible, Literature, Old Testament, Philosophy, Poetry, Religion

  Abraham, Genesis, God, Kierkegaard, Plato, Sacrifice

• Good Old Abraham

  Unlike the beginning of the book, containing mostly myth, Genesis 12-50 is mainly folktale and legend. It focuses on four ‘heroes’ from the past – Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph. From a literary viewpoint, chapters 12-36 contain a series of individual episodes, gathered round each of the first three of these ‘heroes’, and strung together…

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  23rd May 2021

  Hebrew Bible, Literature, Old Testament, Poetry, Religion

  Abraham, Babylon, Folktales, Genesis, Israelites, Legends

• WHY is there a Bible Story about Abraham?

  On the face of it, there’s a mystery here! If God were looking for someone to be the ‘father’ of his chosen people Israel, why would he choose Abraham, who lived far away in the city of Ur in Babylonia (modern day Iraq)? Later on, in the Book of Joshua, it’s clearly stated that “Abraham…

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  21st Feb 2021

  Hebrew Bible, Literature, Old Testament, Religion

  Abraham, Babylon, Epic, Folklore, Israeiites, Legends