War can be understood as a modern, secular form of human sacrifice and a manifestation of sacrificial logic, particularly when viewed through the lens of ritual, symbolism and communal narratives.

Genesis 17:11-14 Abraham kept this covenant and his wife, Sarah, gave birth to their son, Isaac. God chose Isaac to inherit the covenant directly from his father, and Isaac handed it on to his own ...

and when Abraham nearly sacrificed Isaac on the nearby mountain of Moriah (Genesis 22:4-18). Still in Genesis, Bethel was the site where Jacob famously dreamed of angels ascending and descending ...