Q. Please comment on the three “men” who visited Abraham in Genesis 18. Allen Slaughter, Las Vegas, Nevada. A. Abram, whom we know better as Abraham, is introduced near the end of Genesis 11. Through ...

‘Abraham’ is an oratorio by Carl Amand Mangold. Born in 1813, the same year as Wagner and Verdi, Mangold tells the mysterious, ancient, yet symbolic story of three visitors who promise Abraham ...

This completes the circle. Based on the above, I suggest that the three visitors appearing to Abraham in the plains of Mamre symbolize the three aspects of time: past, present, and future.

Genesis presents God as discussing Sodom’s fate with Abraham. The discussion takes place immediately after the Three Visitors come to Abraham’s tent and promise that, within a year ...

This icon is frequently cited as an image of the Trinity, a showing of the divine in the persons of three mysterious angelic visitors to the tent of Abraham and Sarah at the Oaks of Mamre.

He is revered by Christians, Jews and Muslims. But, despite his interfaith appeal, Abraham is not a unifying figure for the three religions. A new book revisits the story of Abraham in a post-Sept.

For example: the biblical story of Abraham welcoming the three messengers who announce ... According to Luke,” from Muscovy. The haloed visitors actually anticipate the Magi bringing gifts ...