Binding of Isaac
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The Binding of Isaac, or simply "The Binding", is a story from chapter 22 of the Book of Genesis in the Old Testament. In the biblical narrative, God orders Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac on the m
The Sacrifice of Isaac, Rembrandt, 1634, Hermitage Museum
The Sacrifice of Isaac by Caravaggio (1603), in the Baroque tenebrist manner
God commands Abraham to offer his son Isaac as a sacrifice, Domenichino.
Mosaic on the floor of Beth Alpha depicting the Akedah
Abraham
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Abraham is widely revered as a foundational legendary figure among adherents of the eponymous Abrahamic religions. In Judaism, he is the ethnic ancestor and first Hebrew patriarch who began the covena
Abraham Casting out Hagar and Ishmael (1657) by Giovanni Francesco Barbieri
Abraham's Counsel to Sarai, watercolor by James Tissot, c. 1900 (Jewish Museum, New York)
Abraham and Melchizedek by Juan Antonio de Frías y Escalante, 1668
Abraham, Sarah and Hagar, Bible illustration from 1897