inspiral blog

Started with the context of the passage – that of child sacrifice and the history of sacrifice in Jewish culture (this is the first sacrifice on Mt Moriah, which becomes the site of the temple). Discussion ranged over a whole lot of territory, from Girard’s mimetic violence theory to this speculative version of the story by William Loader where Abraham goes through with the sacrifice.

We finished by asking ourselves what sacrifices we make (both to false gods and the true God) and whether God actually requires them of us.