Abraham is a very important figure in the Bible. He is a very important ... Abraham’s ultimate call from God was to sacrifice his son Isaac. God had promised to bring him descendants “as ...

A midrash is a story about a story in the Bible. The ancient rabbis began ... The perfect test and indeed the only test was to ask Abraham to sacrifice Isaac while at the same time believing ...

The story of Abraham and Isaac is one of the most fascinating, and troubling, in the Bible. It has inspired ... why did God want Abraham to sacrifice Isaac?” “Can we discuss this later?” ...

God could never have expected Abraham to kill Isaac. Others infer that God never asked Abraham to sacrifice his son literally, because God only considers kosher animals fit for offerings ...

Millions of Muslims are making a journey to Mecca for Hajj, the sacred pilgrimage and pillar of Islam-an act of submission to ...

Few figures in the Bible, and indeed the history of Western thought, loom as large as Sarah and Abraham from the Book of Genesis. Abraham's willingness to sacrifice their son Isaac has inspired ...