Abraham and Isaac (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: n/a
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Mystery play
- Time of Work: Antiquity
- Setting: Beersheba
- Principal Characters: Abraham, Isaac, Deus, Angelus, The Doctor
- Genres: Drama, Mystery play
- Subjects: Parents and children, Religion, God, Fathers, Fratricide, parricide, or filicide, Bible, biblical imagery, or biblical symbolism, Biblical times, Sacrifice, Angels
- Locales: Beersheba
The Story:
Abraham, offering a prayer of thanksgiving to God, counted his blessings—his land, his peaceful life, his children—and told of his delight in his favorite child, Isaac. He stood praying in a field near his home in Beersheba. After the prayer, he called to Isaac to return to their home.
God, in Heaven, summoned an angel and told him that he intended to test Abraham’s steadfastness by asking him to sacrifice Isaac, and he ordered the angel to announce his wish to Abraham. Meanwhile, Abraham prayed again, asking God what gift or offering might please him...
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