Live Breaking News & Updates on Akeidat Yitzhak Mount Moriah

Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor its partners assume any responsibility for them. Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse,
Rembrandt s The Sacrifice of Isaac
The Sacrifice of Isaac (Akeidat Yitzhak in Hebrew), one of the most transcendental moments in the Torah which defined monotheism and abolished child sacrifice in ancient pagan societies is brilliantly depicted by Dutch artist Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) in one of his many Biblical-themed oil paintings circa seventeenth century. ....

Israel General , Netherlands General , Isaac Akeidat Yitzhak , Don Isaac Abarbanel , Akeidat Yitzhak Mount Moriah , Yireh Shalem , Sephardic Jews , Akeidat Yitzhak , Abraham Akeidat Yitzhak , Mount Moriah , Rosh Hashanah , Adonai Yireh , Ephraim Hezekiah Bueno , Menasseh Ben Israel , Oneg D , Josephu Antiquities , Jewish Quarters , Two Sephardic Jews , Rabbis Isaac Arama , Midrash Genesis Rabbah , Talmudic Jews , One Trueg D , Second Temples , Bibi Rabbah , Yet Heaven , Holy One ,