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| Title: Early jewish and christian interpretations of the character of Isaac in Genesis 22 Type: Generic Year: 1998 Abstract: "The character of Isaac in Genesis 22, the story of Abraham's near sacrifice of Isaac, is constrained so that Isaac's age, level of awareness, degree of participation, and reaction to his impending fate remain ambigious. Since this story primarily concerns Abraham, one might contend that these details of Isaac's character are irrelevant. Readers, however, have consistently responded to this ambiguity by providing answers to some or all of these aspects of Isaac's character by various interpretive methods and literary genres. This dissertation considers the interpretations of the character of Isaac by Jewish and Christian authors from the Bible through the sixth century of the common era." Keywords: Theology of Ancient Judaism and early Christianity |