Abraham and Isaac – Study Guide, Additional Resources

Recommended Readings:

• Nahum M. Sarna, Understanding Genesis (New York: Schocken, 1966), 154–65.
• John J. Collins, “Faith Without Works: Biblical Ethics and the Sacrifice of Isaac,” in Encounters with Biblical Theology (Minneapolis: Fortress, 2005), 47-58.

Articles: (click to view)

• “The Binding of Isaac (Gen 22:1-19)” by Ellen F. Davis
• “I would fail Abraham’s test (and I bet you would too)” by Rachel Held Evans
• “Isaac” by Isidore Singer and Isaac Broydé

Sermons: (click to view)

• “Binding of Isaac” by The Rev. Jennifer Andrews-Weckerly

Lectures: (click to view)

• YDS Old Testament Interpretation, Part 1 – Lecture 12, by Robert Wilson

Videos: (click to view)

• YBS Book of Genesis study with Professor Joel Baden: Week 6 – full lecture
• Biblical Exceptionalism, Dr. Joel S. Baden
• Child Sacrifice, Dr. Joel S. Baden
• Isaac’s Binding is Not About Jesus, Dr. Joel S. Baden
• A Test of Abraham, Dr. Joel S. Baden
• The Paradigm of Biblical Narration, Dr. Joel S. Baden

Podcasts: (click to access)

• “The Big Story” (Easter Vigil), Chapter, Verse, and Season: A Lectionary Podcast

Art: (click to view)

• “Sacrifice of Isaac” by Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
• “The sacrifice of Isaac” by Marc Chagall
• “Abraham and the Binding of Ishmael” in the Haft Tanan Mausoleum, Iran

• “Abraham Casting Out Hagar and Ishmael” by Giovanni Francesco Barbieri
• “Sacrifice of Abraham” by “Il Riccio” Andrea Briosco

• “The Sacrifice of Isaac” by Marianos and Hanina
• “Rebecca and Eliezer” by Bartolome Esteban Murillo
• “Abraham and Isaac” by George Segal