Short (5-20 mins)
Old Testament
Evangelical
Abraham and Isaac: A Test of Faith
Theologian
Tremper Longman
Duration
9.59
Uploaded to YouTube
22 July 2019
Added to Database
20 August 2025
YouTube description
In Genesis 22, God tests Abraham's faith by asking him to sacrifice Isaac, his only son. To modern readers, this passage feels like a nightmare. Why would God ask Abraham to do that? And why would Abraham be willing to go through with it? Old Testament scholar Tremper Longman III explores this challenging passage in his online course on the book of Genesis. This video comes from his course. LEARN MORE: https://zondervanacademic.com/blog/abraham-isaac