On Sunday, the Book of Hebrews told Catholics that Abraham trusted and obeyed God regarding leaving his home, bearing children and sacrificing Isaac. As described in Hebrews, “By faith Abraham obeyed ...

The Torah portion of Vayera is a fascinating combination of episodes. It’s not just because of the range of different and significant incidents. Theologically, there is an underlying current that ...

A thought experiment: if they had asked me to edit the Bible (whoever “they” might be—perhaps the Holy Spirit, or the heavenly Council on Divinely Inspired Works) . . . if they had made me the ...

The differences between Abraham and Lot chart the future - In this week’s Torah portion God tells Abraham to go and each generation of our people is taken along on his journey. To understand the ...

Prophet Abraham is unique as the only one of God’s Prophets or Messengers to be described as a nation/community: “Abraham was a nation [Ummah]; dutiful to God, a monotheist [hanif], not one of the ...

In some circles, literary readings of the Bible are seen as controversial, but good literary analysis can enhance the Bible’s message about God and human beings. People worry about the demise of the ...

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In Genesis chapter four, Abram brings a tithe or a tenth to Melchizedek of all of the goods he had taken from the King of Sodom. Abram did not take any of the spoils for himself because he did not ...

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