The story of Abraham can be found in the Book of Genesis - the first book in the Christian Bible and in the Torah ... a special promise with him called a covenant. A covenant is a two-sided ...

To understand Abraham properly, one needs to understand the centrality of God’s covenant with Abraham. As the Fourth Eucharistic Prayer tells us, “Again and again [God] offered a covenant to ...

In an average Hebrew Bible without commentaries ... when Abram accepts the covenant of circumcision and becomes Abraham. Grossman’s works are filled with insightful readings like this.

Q: One sign of the covenant is circumcision, right? Where does this idea come from? As you mentioned, the Bible says that Abraham is circumcised. Cohen: Yes. Genesis 17 is the chapter that spells ...

Abraham is a very important figure in the Bible. He is a very important figure ... and a young pigeon when the Lord made a covenant with Abraham in this way. I am not the one to explain ancient ...