Segal chose the biblical story of Abraham and Isaac to express, in his words, “the eternal conflict between adherence to an abstract set of principles versus ... Director of the Princeton University ...

With its long coastline, rugged mountains and haunting sand dunes, Oman is a paradise for desert lovers, hikers and boaters. Muscat, the capital city, is a gem—its arched white buildings and flat ...

I am preaching this coming Sunday on that father/son relationship of Abraham ... art form in the first century and all of them tried to cut their teeth on the impossible story of the sacrifice of ...

And just as he tested Abraham with the sacrifice of his son Isaac on Mount Moriah ... roles in a play and real murder results) turn his art into a mixture of dramatics and science.

Abraham’s near sacrifice of Isaac on ... Jusepe de Ribera, “Isaac and Jacob,” 1637, Museo del Prado, Madrid Keywords: old testament & art isaac John Grondelski John M. Grondelski (Ph.D ...

Abraham leading Isaac to sacrifice. Painting by Domenico Zampieri/Kimbell Art Museum The following is excerpted from Unscrolled: 54 Artists and Writers Wrestle With the Torah, edited by Roger ...

In the earliest layer of the Biblical text, Yoreh believes, Isaac was not rescued by an angel at the last moment, but was in fact murdered by his father, Abraham, as a sacrifice to God.

he has chosen for his subject Abraham's supreme trial of faith and the rescue of Isaac from being offered by his father as a sacrifice. The text selected is Genesis, xxil., 7: "Behold the fire and ...

The first lesson was from the Book of Genesis, Chapter 22, which is the famous story of God testing Abraham’s faith by commanding him to sacrifice his beloved son Isaac. The story is well known ...