Elie Wiesel Quotes About Sacrifice
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If you make a determination that [story of Abraham and the sacrifice of Isaac] is not historical, do you throw it away? I don't think we can say whether it's precisely, scientifically historical.
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Christians call it the "Sacrifice of Isaac," and Jews call it the "Binding of Isaac."
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The story [of the Sacrifice of Isaac ] is much more a part of theology than of history.
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[The Book of the Law]was lost for so many years. And then Josiah decided to celebrate Passover. The text says that "The Passover sacrifice had not been offered in that way ... during the days of the kings of Israel and the kings of Judah" [2 Kings 23:22]. What do you mean? Not in the days of David and Solomon? Never before? And what of the days of the prophets? What happened? That's what I'm anguishing over. If the Book of the Law could be forgotten for so many years, who knows what was done to it during those years? Maybe it was lost later, too.
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The story of Abraham and the sacrifice of Isaac are nowhere in any other tradition.
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I think [Sacrifice of Isaac] is the most important event in the Bible except for Sinai.
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