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Lecture: “The Sacrifice of Abraham’s Son: How Three Religions Read a Founding Narrative” presented by Professor Burton L. Visotsky of the Jewish Theological Seminary

Tuesday, May 8, 2018 • 23 Iyyar 5778

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Genesis 22 is at the heart of Jewish and Christian self-definition. Jews call it the Akedah (The Binding of Isaac). Christians call it the Sacrifice of the Beloved Son. Muslims tell the story too, but in a somewhat different form in their Holy Quran (chapter 37). For contemporary Muslims, it is the sacrifice of Ishmael. We will study the interpretations of all of these Religions of the Book, and discuss the implications that reverberate even to this day.

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