See also:

• ISAAC (Hebrew for " he laughs," on explanatory references to the name, see ABRAHAM)

ISAAC (See also:

• HEBREW

Hebrew for " he laughs," on explanatory references to the name, see See also:

• ABRAHAM, or ABRAM (Hebrew for " father is high ")

ABRAHAM)  , the only See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child of See also:

• ABRAHAM, or ABRAM (Hebrew for " father is high ")

Abraham and Sarah, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born when his parents were respectively a See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred and ninety years of See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age (Gen. xvii . 17) . Like his See also:

• FATHER

father, See also:

• ISAAC (Hebrew for " he laughs," on explanatory references to the name, see ABRAHAM)

Isaac lived a nomadic See also:

• PASTORAL (from Lat. pastor, a shepherd)

pastoral See also:

• LIFE

life, but within much narrower See also:

• LOCAL

local limits, See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south of See also:

• BEERSHEBA

Beersheba (Gen. See also:

• XXVI

xxvi., on the incidents here recorded, see See also:

• ABIMELECH (Hebrew for "father of [or is] the king ")

ABIMELECH) . After the See also:

• DEATH

death of his See also:

• MOTHER

mother, when he was See also:

• FORTY

forty years old, he married Rebekah the Aramaean, by whom after twenty years of married life he became the father of See also:

• ESAU

Esau and See also:

• JACOB
• JACOB, JOHN (1812-1858)

Jacob . He died at the age of one hundred and eighty.' " Isaac " is used as a synonym for " See also:

• ISRAEL (Hebrew for " God strives " or " rules "; see Gen. xxxii. 28; and the allusion in Hosea xii. 4)

Israel " by See also:

• AMOS
• AMOS, SHELDON (1835–1886)

Amos (vii . 9, 16), who also bears See also:

• WITNESS
• WITNESS (from O. Eng. witan, to know)

witness to the importance of Beersheba as a See also:

• SANCTUARY (from the late Lat. sanctuarium, a sacred place)

sanctuary . It was in this See also:

• DISTRICT

district, at the well See also:

• BEER

Beer-Lahai-roi, that Isaac dwelt (Gen. See also:

• XXIV

xxiv . 62, See also:

• XXV

xxv . 11), and the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place was famous for an incident in the life of Hagar (xvi . 14) . This was perhaps the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original See also:

• SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene of the striking See also:

• EPISODE

episode " in the See also:

• LAND

land of See also:

• MORIAH

Moriah," when at the last moment he was by angelic interposition released from the See also:

• ALTAR (Lat. altare, from alias, high; some ancient etymological guesses are recorded by St Isidore of Seville in Etymologiae xv. 4)

altar on which he was about to be sacrificed by his father in obedience to a divine command (Gen. xxii).' The narrative (which must be judged with due regard to the conditions of the age) shows that the See also:

• SACRIFICE (from Lat. sacrificium; sacer, holy, and facere, to make)

sacrifice of the first-born, though not inconsistent with Yahweh's claims (Ex. xxii . 29), was neither required nor tolerated (cp .

See also:

• MICAH
• MICAH (r )

Micah vi . 6-8) . See MonocH . Isaac is by See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general consent of the See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church taken as a representative of the unobtrusive, restful, piously contemplative type of human See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character . By later Judaism, which fixed its See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention chiefly on the altar scene, he was regarded as the See also:

• PATTERN

pattern and prototype of all martyrs . The See also:

• MAHOMMEDAN

Mahommedan legends regarding him are curious, but trifling . The resemblance between incidents in the lives of Isaac and Abraham is noteworthy; in each See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case Isaac appears to be the more original . See further IsnMAEL, and See also:

• NOTE
• NOTE (Lat. nota, mark, sign, from noscere, to know)

note that the pair Isaac and See also:

• ISHMAEL (a Hebrew name meaning " God hears ")

Ishmael correspond to Abraham and See also:

• LOT
• LOT (Lat. Oltis)

Lot, Jacob and Esau . On general questions, see E . See also:

• MEYER, CHRISTIAN ERICH HERMANN VON (18or-1869)
• MEYER, HEINRICH AUGUST WILHELM (1800-1873)
• MEYER, JULIUS LOTHAR (183o-1895)
• MEYER, KONRAD FERDINAND (1825-1898)
• MEYER, VICTOR (1848-1897)
• MEYER, [MARIE] PAUL HYACINTHE (184o- )

Meyer, Israelilen (See also:

• INDEX

Index, s.v.) . For attempts to find a mythological See also:

• INTERPRETATION (from Lat. interpretari, to expound, explain, inter pres, an agent, go-between, interpreter; inter, between, and the root pret-, possibly connected with that seen either in Greek 4 p4'ew, to speak, or irpa-rrecv, to do)

interpretation of Isaac's life, see See also:

• GOLDZIHER, IGNAZ (1850– )

Goldziher, See also:

• MYTHOLOGY

Mythology of the See also:

• HEBREWS, EPISTLE TO THE

Hebrews; Winkler, Gesch . Israels (vol. ii.) .