These four extraordinary prose plays examine the human condition in all its pain, confusion, and - sometimes - unexpected humor. "Angel" shows us modern warfare through the eyes of a child on the Eastern Front during World War II, a child just old enough to be useful to both sides. "Daughter of Jephthah" tells the biblical story of the hero-outcast who made a rash promise to God - and then had to keep it. "Requiem" is a modern tale of a man told he has just two or three months to live. This story steps into some rather uncharted territory and takes a good look around.... The title piece, "The Binding of Ytzhak," gives us the views and comments of the participants in that story from Genesis: the Decreer, God Almighty, who has His own problems; the Fire; the Ram; Ytzhak"s mother, Sarah; and Ytzhak himself, who has come to a decision about sacrifice: Never again!