From: "Jonathan D. Safren" <yonsaf AT beitberl.ac.il>
To: "Peter Kirk" <Peter_Kirk AT sil.org>, "Biblical Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: Sacrifice.
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 08:54:10 +0200
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> What evidence can you give of it being an accepted fact of life? Can you
> quote any example other than the daughter of Jephthah who wasn't even an
> Israelite? I would say that the evidence is that it is not forbidden
> only because it is something which no good Israelite would have dreamed
> of doing.
>
> Peter Kirk
>
The Binding of Isaac (Gen. 22). Maybe in the end he wasn't sacrificed, but
that isn't because it was an act deserving condemntaion.