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Genesis is not merely an Old Testament book. Genesis is the beginning of the Bible’s macro-narrative, the over-arching narrative which stretches from the creation in Genesis 1 and 2 to the new creation in Revelation 21 and 22. To read Genesis as Christian Scripture requires that we also read Genesis in light of its meaning for Christians who know Jesus Christ to be the ultimate seed...

This famous passage, known as the Akedah1 in Jewish tradition, is the highpoint of the Abrahamic narrative. While Abraham continues to appear in the ensuing chapters, this is the last time that God speaks with him, and in this passage we see the final securing of the promise and the flowering of Abraham’s faith. Separated from its wider cultural and biblical context the text has recently been read to endorse a monstrous God who
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