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409 "Fear and Trembling" (The Story of Abraham and Isaac) by Soren Kierkegaard

The History of Literature

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God's Miracle Isn't Working, but It Will Happen

Abraham, by the way, was 86 when ishmael was born. Things are looking bleak for child bearing. How can you be the patriarch with no seedlings? It's a big deal that they can't have kids, and they suddenly do. Isaac, in other words, is kind of a living embodiment of a miracle in sarah's and abraham's eyes.

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