Abraham

James Wynn · 11 Apr 2005, 14:35 · from 2005-April.txt.gz

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From: thewynns at earthlink.net (James Wynn)
Date: Mon Apr 11 14:35:55 2005
Subject: (urth) Abraham
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>It isn't small in Christian theology either, of course, with the
>sacrifice of a miraculously-born son being a "type" of the Father's
>sacrifice of His Son.

Who has a ram provided by God sacrificed in his place. In Christian 
theology, Isaac is a "type" for the Christ *and* mankind. The story is 
literally stewing in available Christian symbolism.  Just the sort of 
overloading of symbolism that Wolfe is so keen on.

~ Crush

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