Wednesday 19 April 2006

'The Sacrifice of Isaac' - Caravaggio.

'The Sacrifice of Isaac,' by Caravaggio. 1603.

And such a lovely story too: "Take thee thy son," says God to Abraham, "and offer him ... for a burnt offering." So there you are - your knife's out -- your son's heads on the block -- you're all ready to go, and comes the word from God: "Huh, I was just kidding."

 God, isn't he a scream, eh?


LINKS: Genesis 22:2-13 - Skeptics Annotated Bible TAGS: Art, Religion

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

"Take thee thy son," says God to Abraham, "and offer him ... for a burnt offering."

And the correct answer is: God, go fuck thyself.