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 ...

Why, through the generations, have we called this moment, “The Binding of Isaac” when binding him was not part of God’s original directive? Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife ...

OLD TESTAMENT & ART: Pieter Lastman’s 1614 painting captures the biblical moment when Abraham leaves everything behind to follow God’s call. Pieter Lastman, “Abraham on the Way to Canaan ...

the Catechism highlights and points us to the patriarch Abraham: “In his indefectible covenant with every living creature, God has always called people to prayer. But it is above all beginning ...

attempting to fulfil his father’s far-flung goals. Abraham interpreted what this commandment really meant: to be good children we must follow righteous parents’ roles. On Mount Sinai this ...