Sublime

This is how Abraham’s love of Isaac becomes an entirely internal affair, where any concern for Isaac in his own right is eliminated. By virtue of his religious faith, Abraham is no longer responsive to what actually befalls Isaac, or to how he may be feeling, except insofar as it aligns with Abraham’s own hopes. The impact of any negative outcome i

Abraham has only the weakness of faith, seeking the promise (the gift of divine action) in negation itself.

In a sense, however, Elijah is transformed from a biblical zealot into a Jewish bodhisattva.