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The story in Genesis of Abraham’s willingness to kill his son Isaac at God’s command still gets a lot of attention. But it doesn’t get a lot of love. In every broadside against religion, God ...
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 of ...
Sarah, Abraham and Isaac — those giants of Genesis — are made small by the big screen. There are dangerous horsemen and a burning city and hallucinogenic visions, yes, but this is not Darren ...
(Reading: Genesis 24; 25:19-34; 27) Among Israel’s great patriarchs — Abraham, Isaac and Jacob — Isaac is something of a transitional figure.
Abraham and Isaac before the Sacrifice, Jan Victors, 1642. ... we are told in Genesis of the conversation the boy has with his father as they climb the mountain together.
Grappling with the vast cultural legacy of Genesis is a potentially infinite task, and in Reading Genesis, Marilynne Robinson doesn’t attempt it. Instead of positioning herself amid the crowded ...
Q:Good God Squad piece this week, Rabbi! I am preaching this coming Sunday on that father/son relationship of Abraham and Isaac at my church in Patchogue, N.Y., where I serve as pastor. I love ...
And then, when Abraham agrees to follow God's command, God sends a ram in Isaac's place: "And Abraham took the ram and offered it up for a burnt offering in place of his son." (Genesis 22:13) ...
Story of Abraham and Isaac teaches, "what it means to fear God And it means this: To fear God is to do whatever He asks of us, when He asks.".