“And the serpent cast out of his mouth after the woman water as a river...” (Revelation 12:15)
Jacob Moellin (Maharil) (1360–1427), the great rabbinical scholar and the most formidable German halakhic authority of his time, once recounted a midrashic tale of Abraham’s journey to Moriah. In it we find elements which have interesting similarities to the event described in Revelation chapter 12, where the serpent attempts to stop the woman who had just given birth.
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Author: Philip P. Kapusta
Keywords: Satan, Maharil, Abraham and Satan, Satan and Abraham, Akedah, Binding of Isaac, Abraham offers his son, Abraham sacrifices Isaac, Abraham sacrifices his son, Woman arrayed with the sun
Bible reference(s): Genesis 22:4-9, Psalm 69:2, Rev 12:15-16
Source: Philip P. Kapusta
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