Less spending, higher prices and fewer animal sacrifices subdued the usual festive mood as the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha ...

my friend in Tel Aviv said, referring to the famous scene in the Bible, known as the binding of Isaac, when Abraham prepares to sacrifice his son. In Israel, the mere mention of a biblical name ...

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 ...

Sacrifice 311 (credit ... The narrative rockets us from the seemingly happy ending as Isaac is spared and Abraham passes God’s test to the unexpected tragic death Sarah. In one midrashic ...

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The birth of Isaac was miraculous as present day medical science, with all its expertise, cannot declare that a 90-year-old man could impregnate his wife and have a child. When God tested Abraham to ...

The equally troubling story is in Genesis 22 where G-d orders Abraham to sacrifice his son, Isaac, on Mount Moriah. Abraham agrees but then is stopped at the last minute when G-d sends an angel ...