The Church tradition that connects the sacrifice of Isaac with the sacrifice of Christ apparently rests on a sound exegesis, for the sacrifice of Isaac would have meant not only the sacrifice of Abraham's son but of God's.

— Cyrus H. Gordon The Common Background of Greek and Hebrew Civilizations (1965)

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