tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7124292468599478244.post8555230659339087547..comments2020-05-22T07:32:50.354-07:00Comments on The Loveliest Year: Abraham, Hagar, and the God who sees me.Genevievehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10777323704321517853noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7124292468599478244.post-59043011183415446182014-04-08T18:55:54.452-07:002014-04-08T18:55:54.452-07:00Yes, that's it.Yes, that's it.<br /><br />Genevievehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10777323704321517853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7124292468599478244.post-2133240774563096132014-04-08T18:00:28.521-07:002014-04-08T18:00:28.521-07:00I guess that really is the power of the Akedah sto...I guess that really is the power of the Akedah story: so many ways to think about it, all of them disturbing and unsatisfying. It's a story you can't leave alone because you've never come to grips with it, or at least that's how it is for me.Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16414506576878819208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7124292468599478244.post-59363946715874799092014-04-08T17:46:19.297-07:002014-04-08T17:46:19.297-07:00It's nice that Katy's interpretation shows...It's nice that Katy's interpretation shows up in Jewish thought. Jamie, your take on it is intriguing. I like the crisis of faith idea.<br /><br /><br /><br />Genevievehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10777323704321517853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7124292468599478244.post-25817094499297035032014-04-07T20:31:24.501-07:002014-04-07T20:31:24.501-07:00Apparently Jewish thinkers have had the same thoug...Apparently Jewish thinkers have had the same thought as Katy (see the Wikipedia article on the Binding of Isaac--which also points out the shortcoming of this view that you mention, Genvieve). Another interesting take (also mentioned in the Wikipedia article) is that Abraham was testing God. This makes some sense to me: Abraham left the religion of his fathers where apparently they sacrificed their children, only later to find out that God wished him to sacrifice Hagar and Ishmael. Maybe Abraham was completely disillusioned at this point, going through a crisis of faith, wondering whether God was really just the same as those gods he was running from.Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16414506576878819208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7124292468599478244.post-76463554131642248182014-04-07T09:03:10.130-07:002014-04-07T09:03:10.130-07:00Katy, thank you for those comments.
The strange ...Katy, thank you for those comments. <br /><br />The strange thing is that God seemed to endorse, or at least allow, the injustice. Of course, today such a thing would be unthinkable. Send your child and his mother out of your home into the desert with some bread and water? We would probably not believe anyone who told us, "God told me to do it." Genevievehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10777323704321517853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7124292468599478244.post-63302801903293542552014-04-07T07:45:16.473-07:002014-04-07T07:45:16.473-07:00Maybe the trial Abraham underwent was a fulfillmen...Maybe the trial Abraham underwent was a fulfillment of God's promise to Hagar that he saw her and recognized her injustice. K Cummingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15772727738993183468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7124292468599478244.post-35346794584586422762014-04-07T07:43:32.766-07:002014-04-07T07:43:32.766-07:00Very interesting. After reading your post, I wonde...Very interesting. After reading your post, I wonder if Abraham's trial from God to sacrifice Isaac may have precipitated out of his willingness to sacrifice Ishmael and Hagar. Perhaps that trial was a form of atonement for what he did that then brought him to a greater understanding and need for the atonement. K Cummingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15772727738993183468noreply@blogger.com