At Mount Sinai, seven weeks (hence, the holiday’s alternative name, “Feast of Weeks”) after ... is enshrined in God’s covenant with Abraham and Sarah and their descendants.

In Jewish tradition, Shavuot also has an agricultural significance, as described in the Torah in the Book of Exodus (23:16): “You shall observe the Feast ... Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, Sarah ...

Isaac, the son of Abraham. His mother, Sarah, was barren and too old to have children. His father, Abraham, was also aged. But while Abraham had already had a son with his servant Hagar ...

It is not one of the more commonly told Bible stories as more people are akin with Abraham and Sarah and Rebecca and Isaac. But the truth is that, as humans we are more like Gomer than Rebecca or even ...

In the story, God puts Abraham to the test, asking him to “Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one ...

North Africa’s historic drought has upended many families’ plans for Eid al-Adha. It's forcing governments to scramble for ...

Eid al-Adha follows the completion of the annual holy pilgrimage. Eid al-Adha will be observed following the sighting of the ...

Millions of Muslims are making a journey to Mecca for Hajj, the sacred pilgrimage and pillar of Islam-an act of submission to ...

In short, Jews, Christians, and Muslims—the children of Abraham and Sarah—all fall short of God’s vision of community. It is only when the curtain of the future is pulled back that we see ...