Abstract
The author analyses Hegel's conception of Abraham, thus elucidating Hegel's conception of the divine. She focuses on the sacrifice of Isaac, a story that has been viewed with suspicion and unease during Enlightenment.
Are humans allowed to subject themselves to divine commandments? Are they allowed to act out of duty and to be obedient? The author interprets Hegel's thoughts against the background of Immanuel Kant who explicitly rejected Abraham's obedience as a failure to be autonomous and against the background of Kierkegaard's work, where, on the contrary, Abraham is conceived of as the prophet of true faith and thus of true freedom as well