The Akeidah opens with the words “And it came to pass, after these events, that God tested Abraham” (Genesis 22:1). The biblical Hebrew word for test is nisah. But for whom was the test intended? For Ralbag, the test was meant for God. God knows the future in general terms, but not in its specifics.

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