Abraham
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"We can use, as an example [of commands [...] contrary to the moral law ], the myth of the sacrifice that Abraham was going to make by butchering and burning his only son at God's command (the poor child, without knowing it, even brought the wood for the fire). Abraham should have replied to this supposedly divine voice: "That I ought not kill my good son is quite certain. But that you, this apparition, are God — of that I am not certain, and never can be, not even if this voice rings down to me from (visible) heaven."-- The Conflict of the Faculties (1798) by Immanuel Kant[1] |
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A prophet in the Old Testament and Koran; the Semitic patriarch, father of the Jewish patriarch Isaac (by his wife Sarah) and the Arab patriarch Ishmael (by his concubine Hagar).
Adultery
In the Bible, incidents of adultery are present almost from the start. The story of Abraham contains several incidents and serve as warnings or stories of sin and forgiveness. Abraham attempts to continue his blood line through his wife's maidservant, with consequences that continue through history. Jacob's family life is complicated with similar incidents.
See also
- Binding of Isaac
- Abraham in History and Tradition
- Abrahamic religions
- Bosom of Abraham
- Gathering of Israel
- Genealogies of Genesis
- Islamic view of Abraham
- Jewish Kabbalah
- List of founders of major religions
- The Pearl of Great Price, Book of Abraham
- Abraham's Gate at Tel Dan
- Table of prophets of Abrahamic religions
