Aqedah
I never connected the sending away of Hagar and Ishmael with the Isaac story. If those are meant to be read in conjunction, you have a historical analogue for the scape goat legislation: one into the wilderness and one to the altar.
I never connected the sending away of Hagar and Ishmael with the Isaac story. If those are meant to be read in conjunction, you have a historical analogue for the scape goat legislation: one into the wilderness and one to the altar.