The opening verses explain why “Abraham Tested” is the chapter’s subtitle: “Sometime later God tested Abraham. He said to him, ‘Abraham!’ ‘Here I am,’ he replied.

Sufjan Stevens' 'Seven Swans' includes a song called "Abraham" that references an attempted child sacrifice from the Bible.

The fourth of an eight-part series on the psychology of important men in the Bible. The focus is on Isaac, whose greatest moment came in obedience to his father, Abraham. How many of us have been ...

The story of Abraham and Isaac is one of the most fascinating, and troubling, in the Bible. It has inspired philosophers like no other.

Ellen Frankel, author of the "JPS Illustrated Children’s Bible," explains her decision to include one of the Torah's most challenging stories.

There's a lot more to Ohio State graduate transfer Isaac 'Ice' Likekele than his on-court production, and it's made him a beloved figure to some.

Over three centuries ago, the renowned physicist and mathematician Isaac Newton predicted that the apocalypse would occur in 2060, according to an ancient letter discovered by researchers. The ...

On Sunday, the father—also known as the biblical patriarch Abraham —will be brought up on charges of attempted murder and endangering the welfare of his son, Isaac, in a mock trial at Temple ...

Isaiah 30:3-5 Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things. Sir Isaac Newton PRS (1643-1727) was an English mathematician, physicist, astronomer ...

ARCHAEOLOGICAL evidence linked to the Biblical patriarch Abraham's family tree has been put forward as proof the Bible's historical reliability, a scripture expert has astonishingly claimed.

Continuing this eight-part series on men in the Bible, the fourth in the series is Isaac. As a practicing, committed Catholic for over fifteen years, I have learned a lot about Abraham and about ...