“The dynamic of what’s happening between the two figures in the ‘Abraham and Isaac’ is not always obvious,” said James Steward, Director of the Princeton University Art Museum ... which relays Abraham ...

I am preaching this coming Sunday on that father/son relationship of Abraham ... art form in the first century and all of them tried to cut their teeth on the impossible story of the sacrifice of ...

With its long coastline, rugged mountains and haunting sand dunes, Oman is a paradise for desert lovers, hikers and boaters. Muscat, the capital city, is a gem—its arched white buildings and flat ...

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 ...

Abraham’s near sacrifice of Isaac on ... Jusepe de Ribera, “Isaac and Jacob,” 1637, Museo del Prado, Madrid Keywords: old testament & art isaac John Grondelski John M. Grondelski (Ph.D ...

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, as a sacrifice to God.

Zellmann-Rohrer said the “magical papyrus” describes the biblical story of the binding of Isaac, in which God told Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac on Mount Moriah. As the story is told in ...

From the back seat my kindergartener called, “Mom, why did God want Abraham to sacrifice Isaac?” “Can we discuss this later?” I asked. “I’m focusing right now on driving safely.” ...

Abraham’s silence in the story of the binding of Isaac is deafening! From a historical point of view, the story of the binding of Isaac is an attack upon child sacrifice as a form of ritual rite ...

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 ...