Hi, Gilberto, At 11:39 AM 1/9/2005, you wrote: >>So since the Penteteuch clearly identifies the son as Isaac, then somehow >>there is a discrepancy here unless you want to say that the revelation of God >>given to Moses had a mistake in it.<<
Yes, but the issue may be a bit more complex: “In one of His Tablets, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’ refers to this discrepancy [Isaac vis-a-vis Ismael], and explains that, from a spiritual point of view, it is irrelevant which son was involved. The essential part of the story is that Abraham was willing to obey God’s command to sacrifice His son. Thus, although the account in the Torah is inaccurate in detail, it is true in substance....” -- From a letter, dated August 9, 1984, from the Universal House of Justice to an individual believer http://bahai-library.com/provisionals/lawh.haji.kamalud.din.html With regards, Mark A. Foster • 15 Sites: http://markfoster.net "Sacred cows make the tastiest hamburger" -- Abbie Hoffman __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:archive@mail-archive.com To unsubscribe, send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, use subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Web - http://list.jccc.edu/read/?forum=bahai-st News - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Public - http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu
