I retired from my secular career a year ago this month, and last fall — with all the other kids — I went back to school. In my case, I took two semesters of Biblical Hebrew, the language of the Old ...

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 ...

Adha, a period of "communal enjoyment" for Muslims worldwide, has officially arrived. Here's what we've learned about the ...

No, he tried to get the wicked off the hook with them. In the sacrifice of Isaac, Abraham called G^d’s bluff. His game of chicken paid off. He trusted enough in G^d to take the risk. And his ...

he has chosen for his subject Abraham's supreme trial of faith and the rescue of Isaac from being offered by his father as a sacrifice. The text selected is Genesis, xxil., 7: "Behold the fire and ...