Set to hit theaters March 31, "His Only Son" is a biblical drama recounting one of the most controversial moments in the Old Testament when God asked Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac on the ...

Abraham leading Isaac to sacrifice. Painting by Domenico Zampieri/Kimbell Art Museum The following is excerpted from Unscrolled: 54 Artists and Writers Wrestle With the Torah, edited by Roger ...

Among Israel’s great patriarchs — Abraham ... us into the painting. In the window, Esau is returning from the field, clearly outside this domestic scene. On the right, Isaac’s meal has ...

The story in Genesis of Abraham’s willingness to kill his son Isaac at God’s command still gets a lot of attention. But it doesn’t get a lot of love. In every broadside against religion ...

God asked Abraham to sacrifice his only son, Isaac, up to Him. Once God saw that Abraham was willing to do what He asked, God stopped Abraham from killing Isaac. It was only when I became an adult ...

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In the earliest layer of the Biblical text, Yoreh believes, Isaac was not rescued by an angel at the last moment, but was in fact murdered by his father, Abraham ... is an art,” he says ...

According to the Quran, the son involved in the sacrifice however, was Ishmael, not Isaac. Suskin: For Jews, Abraham’s perfect awe for God, demonstrated by his willingness to sacrifice his son ...