not that Abraham isn’t feeling anything, or that the reader should remain completely agnostic about the patriarch’s inner life. On the contrary, the narrator’s silence invites us in, opens the door for us to imagine the thoughts and feelings that were undoubtedly swirling inside Abraham on that fateful climb.6 Although uncovering the possible thoughts and feelings of the characters is not my primary purpose, this will enter the exposition at various points. My focus in what follows will be on a range