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 ...

It is the inspired and inspiring sculpture of Abraham and Isaac by George Segal ... it is high time that this thought-provoking work of art be brought home from its foolishly imposed exile.

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...