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[–] 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

There is a novel, and damned if I can remember the title, where a rabi proposes that god commanding Abraham to kill his son was a test, which he (Abraham) failed.

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    My understanding of the story (in the novel, which I still can't remember the name) was that in knuckling under to the command to murder his own child, Abraham failed the test.

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