I retired from my secular career a year ago this month, and last fall — with all the other kids — I went back to school. In ...

The story of Abraham and Isaac is one of the most fascinating, and troubling, in the Bible. It has inspired philosophers like no other. The medieval of course had much to say about Abraham ...

Among Israel’s great patriarchs — Abraham ... Jusepe de Ribera, “Isaac and Jacob,” 1637, Museo del Prado, Madrid Keywords: old testament & art isaac John Grondelski John M.

In Genesis, the first book of the Bible ... Abraham’s first wife. This promise contains elements that, in translation, sound like a prediction of hostility between Ishmael and Isaac’s descendants.

Several passages from the Torah and the prophetic books in the Hebrew Bible strongly condemn human sacrifice. There is no debate about the Bible’s stance on the practice. However, the very fact that ...

The story of Abraham and Isaac is one of the most challenging stories in the Bible but that's exactly what drew filmmaker David Helling to it. His feature debut film, "His Only Son," depicts the ...