Set to hit theaters March 31, "His Only Son" is a biblical drama recounting one of the most controversial moments in the Old Testament when God asked Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac on the ...

“The dynamic of what’s happening between the two figures in the ‘Abraham and Isaac’ is not always obvious,” said James Steward, Director of the Princeton University Art Museum. “I’ve heard a number of ...

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 ...

Among Israel’s great patriarchs — Abraham ... us into the painting. In the window, Esau is returning from the field, clearly outside this domestic scene. On the right, Isaac’s meal has ...

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 ...

The ram (clearly an allusion to the future episode of Abraham’s sacrifice of Isaac) has that honor here. As is typical of Renaissance and Baroque art, biblical episodes are sometimes set in ...

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 ... is an art,” he says ...

Instead, Isaac is unbound and leaning on Abraham’s lap, in the seemingly protective grasp of Abraham’s right hand. This is in stark contrast to his earlier painting, noted above and shown ...

The story of Abraham and Isaac is one of the most fascinating, and troubling, in the Bible. It has inspired philosophers like no other. The medieval of course had much to say about Abraham ...

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 ...