medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> Anne
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> (who has just found out that the Phoenicians sacrificed infants and
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> the impact on some of the psalms)
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Yes, I used to wonder why on earth it ever occurred to Abraham to attempt to
sacrifice Isaac until I realised it was fashionable among the neighbours and
he was the odd one out ..
BMC
At the end of the Dead Sea Scroll exhibition in the Royal Ontario Museum in
Toronto in 2009 were three depictions of Abraham attempting to sacrifice
Isaac; Jewish, medieval European (gorgeous French stained glass) and Islamic
(I think 14th century). The only picture to show the donkey, who must have
been necessary to carry the wood, was the Jewish one. All the men showed
great horror at seeing the Hand of God, dramatically portrayed in all
pictures, but the donkey seemed quite calm about the matter.
Anne
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