St. Mark's Youth Speak

Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Genesis 22: 1-19 Discussion Topics and Questions

The Akedah: The Binding of Isaac
  • One of the toughest stories in the Bible, the Binding of Isaac has been debated by scholars and theologians for centuries.
  • Some scholars see in the story a prefiguring of Christ;
  • Other scholars take the meaning of the story to be a prohibition of human sacrifice;
  • While still others think the point of this passage is obedience to God.
  • What do you think it is?

Did you know...?

This story has been popular with artists and authors for a long time, and makes an appearence in the following popular songs:

  1. Highway 61 Revisited by: Bob Dylan
  2. Story of Isaac by: Leonard Cohen
  3. Isaac and Abraham by: Joan Baez

and the following popular films:

  1. The Rapture directed by: Michael Tonklin
  2. Fraility directed by: Bill Paxton
  3. The Believer directed by: Henry Bean

and in the following popular books:

  1. Fear and Trembling by: Soren Kierkegaard
  2. Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion by: Dan Simmons

-Fr. Ryan

posted by St. Mark's Youth @ 2:13 PM 

1 Comments:

Blogger Jewlz said...

I really liked this passage. There was so much symbolism, and the group came up with most of it I'll bet!! (heck yes, we're awesome!) But seriously, it was a good passage to make us think about every little aspect and what it could mean. I'm sure there'll be more of these. ;]

9:53 PM  

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