But there’s another aspect of Abraham’s readiness to sacrifice Isaac that deserves mention for moderns. I acknowledge the basic thought came from the late Cardinal Ján Korec, Archbishop of ...

Q:Good God Squad piece this week, Rabbi! I am preaching this coming Sunday on that father/son relationship of Abraham and Isaac at my church in Patchogue, N.Y., where I serve as pastor. I love ...

Abraham's binding and sacrifice of Isaac appear often in early Renaissance art in Florence, a turbulent period in which Christian theologians saw the story as both a prefigurement of Christ's ...

There are versions in which Isaac’s mother, Sarah, stops the sacrifice, and versions in which Isaac runs away. Bob Dylan’s Abraham thinks God is putting him on.

Explore the debate surrounding the sacrifice of Abrahams son in this insightful discussion. The Quran does not explicitly state whether Ismail or Isaac was sacrificed, but evidence supports the view ...

While traveling to the place of the sacrifice, alongside Isaac and two servants, Abraham is flooded with vivid memories from the years he and Sarah spent longing for the son they were promised ...

In a test of his faith and obedience, Abraham is commanded by God to sacrifice his beloved son. Without hesitation, Abraham binds Isaac on the altar and raises the knife to slay him.

Years ago, when I was telling my young children the story of the Akeda, “the sacrifice of Isaac” from this week’s Torah portion, my daughter, Batya, tearfully interrupted my tale saying ...

Britten wrote Abraham and Isaac just after the premiere of his opera, Billy Budd, in December 1951.In that masterpiece, the saintly and scapegoated Budd is destroyed by the ruthless Claggart, Master ...

Guest Columnist Werner Lange taught sociology at Kent State University from 1975 to 1994. On May 4, 1970, he was one of the many anti-war student protesters on the campus of The Ohio State University.