The Akedah is the traditional name for the narrative in Genesis 22 in which Abraham binds, or ties up, Isaac in response to a command from God. The word comes from a Hebrew verb meaning “to bind” and highlights the physical and symbolic act at the center of the story. The account explores obedience, testing, and restraint, ending with Isaac spared and a substitute offered. The term is often used as a shorthand for the story and for later reflection on its themes within Jewish interpretive traditions.
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- Kister, Menahem, "Allegorical Interpretations of Biblical Narratives in Rabbinic Literature, Philo, and Origen: Some Case Studies" in Anderson, Gary A. Ruth A. Clements, David Satran (ed.) New Approaches to the Study of Biblical Interpretation in Judaism of the Second Temple Period and in Early Christianity
- Bekken, Per Jarle, Paul's Negotiation of Abraham in Galatians 3 in the Jewish Context: The Galatian Converts — Lineal Descendants of Abraham and Heirs of the Promise
- Campbell, Douglas A., The Deliverance of God: An Apocalyptic Rereading of Justification in Paul
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