1. Final Test of Abraham Jewish Rabbinical Tradition
The Akedah = The Binding of Isaac
Jewish Rabbinical Tradition
– The 10th Test of Abraham
Read during Rosh Hashanah
– Jewish New Year
– The Old passes away
– The New begins
All Rabbis struggle with this story

2. Final Test of Abraham Rabbinical Commentary:
“I have to strip the Akedah of its literal elements. Looking at it as a story involving a real man and a real son is just too terrible!”

3. Final Test of Abraham Rabbi Joseph R. Black:
“On a literal level, the text teaches us that the binding of Isaac is a test of Abraham’s faith. God needs to know if Abraham and his descendents will be able to fulfill their part of the covenantal relationship. And yet this answer is so problematic. What kind of God would ask a parent to sacrifice a child as a test? It doesn’t make sense. There must be something more than that.”

4. Five Main Levitical Offerings
Lev. Ch. 1 Burnt Offering – Consecration
Lev. Ch. 2 Grain Offering – Worship
Lev. Ch. 3 Fellowship Offering – Peace
Lev. Ch. 4 Sin Offering – Reconciliation
Lev. Ch. 5 Guilt / Trespass Offering – Restitution

5. Moriah
Mamre
Gerar
Beersheba
Shur
Kadesh

6. “The Mountains of Moriah”
3 mountain peaks:
Mount of Olives – 2,736 feet above sea level
Mount Moriah – 2,549 feet above sea level
Mount Zion – 2,532 feet above sea level

7. Topology of Mount Moriah
Peak of
Moriah
Solomon’s
Temple
Mt of Olives
Mt Zion
City of
David
Kidron Valley