Lectionary Lab PREMIUM Edition for the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost, Year A

July 16, 2023

Thinking the Texts by John Fairless

Without a doubt, the patriarch Isaac has fewer lines of dialogue than any other major character in the Abrahmic family tradition of Genesis. Basically, he has one line in the dramatic story of the sacrifice of the beloved son (“Where’s the lamb, Daddy?”), then we see him playing with his older brother, Ishamael (who di…