[Dan Rutter]

For Part I of the Prelude this is what I got from Kierkkegaard's version of Abraham, and how it relates to his brief parable. Abraham is told by God to offer his son, Issac, for a burnt offering. In the process of this event, Issac learns to move his trust of his earthly father figure Abraham, to the father figure of all God. Issac learns to always trust God. One must learn to move from only trust of parental figures, and begin to trust in God.

The parable mentioned relates to this in that a child must depend on his mother for survival when life begins, but as he grows he must be able to use what nature provides him. In the parable he still is able to have a good relationship with his mother, he is just not as dependent on her. It seems with Issac and Abraham, Issac will have a strained relationship with Abraham based on how the event took place. So there is a slight difference between the story of Issac and Abraham and the parbable mentioned. Unless Issac understands afterwards the lesson to be taught, and is still able to keep the same relationship with Abraham.