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Having discussed a number of times on this blog the story of Abraham\u2019s binding of Isaac and near sacrifice of his son, as well as issues of how we depict some of the more troubling parts of the Bible for children, I obviously have to share this:<\/p>\n

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At least Abraham isn\u2019t smiling.<\/p>\n

HT Storied Theology<\/a><\/p>\n

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Having discussed a number of times on this blog the story of Abraham\u2019s binding of Isaac and near sacrifice of his son, as well as issues of how we depict some of the more troubling parts of the Bible for children, I obviously have to share this: At least Abraham isn\u2019t smiling. HT Storied Theology<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nPrecious Moments Akedah<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Having discussed a number of times on this blog the story of Abraham's binding of Isaac and near sacrifice of his son, as well as issues of how we depict\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2010\/10\/precious-moments-akedah.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Precious Moments Akedah\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Having discussed a number of times on this blog the story of Abraham's binding of Isaac and near sacrifice of his son, as well as issues of how we depict\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2010\/10\/precious-moments-akedah.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Religion Prof: The Blog of James F. 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