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Abraham Ishmael

Depicting Abraham’s Sacrifice: Differing Biblical and Islamic Textual Traditions

By Younus Y. Mirza  //  June 6, 2018

The story of the intended sacrifice is an integral part of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, or the “Abrahamic faiths.”[1] For Jews, the story lays the basis for “an exclusive covenantal relationship with God.”[2]  Abraham’s intended…

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