The brighter among us would easily recognize the plot as OT biblical
Mumbo-Jumbo and regard Abraham is the nutcase he most likely was.
"Spiritual"? Murder for the sake of "spiritual rescue" indeed reminds me of
Hitchcock's Psycho, or perhaps Tavernier's Judge et Assassin.
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Subject: Re: Last-minute rescue
Many of the founding narratives can be read and filmed
and viewed this way. Maybe it depends on what kinds of rescue we are
considering; religious people would perceive spiritual rescue in e.g. the
story of Josiah, and the one that is celebrated at Purim...and the one at
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