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ISAAC, TESTAMENT OF

A pseudonymous text in which Isaac is informed by the angel Michael of his impending death. Isaac accepts God’s decree, but his son Jacob resists. Elements of the story include Isaac’s short bedchamber address to Jacob on the inevitability of death; Isaac’s lengthy discourse to the crowds on the subjects of the priesthood, asceticism, and the moral life; and his tour of hell and journey to heaven shortly before God takes his soul. Throughout, God’s compassion on repentant sinners is emphasized.

The text is dependent on the Testament of Abraham, and while not extant in Greek, was likely composed in Greek in Egypt sometime after 100 c.e. The original Jewish text contains many Christian additions.

Bibliography. W. F. Stinespring, “Testament of Isaac,” OTP 1:903-11.

Randal A. Argall






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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