The sacrifice of isaac

Abraham walked into a teachable moment that men need to learn. God is the original and only Provider. God provides for the needs of all mankind.

The Detroit Institute of the Arts is located in Detroit’s cultural corridor. Our address is 5200 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI 48202.

In the past, I’ve had some interesting conversations about the controversial story of Abraham/Ibrahim being asked by God to sacrifice his beloved son, Both Jewish and Muslim traditions of the story, and the places connected to them, have their own unique ability to capture different angles of this radical example of self-sacrifice; both are microcosms of a covenant of two peoples, sprung from the same Abrahamic tree, and the seed of the divine drawing mankind into unification.

"And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son." Genesis 22:13, KJV

From the Art Collection of the High Museum: "Abraham’s Sacrifice of Isaac" (Oil on canvas) by Il Baciccio (Giovanni Battista Gaulli)

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669), The Sacrifice of Isaac, 1636, oil on linen, detail. Die Opferung Isaaks. Canon 7D