I want to address a question that I believe we all think
about, a question which, for me, emerges out of the stories in the Torah in
general, and an especially complex story about Abraham in particular.
What do we do when life is an unpredictable mess? The answer is, we tell stories. But I’m getting ahead of myself.
“After these things, God tested Abraham.” (Genesis 22:1)
You might think that it’s clear what things took place before God tested Abraham, or that the nature of the test was clear.
It seems that many scholars who commented on this had differing opinions.
What do we do when life is an unpredictable mess? The answer is, we tell stories. But I’m getting ahead of myself.
“After these things, God tested Abraham.” (Genesis 22:1)
You might think that it’s clear what things took place before God tested Abraham, or that the nature of the test was clear.
It seems that many scholars who commented on this had differing opinions.
