The patriarchs in the Bible were the fathers of the nation of Israel: Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Through these three men, the ...

A Flemish Baroque painting reanimates Genesis 16–21 and helps us reflect on trust, covenant and the consequences of human ...

Abraham in turn Isaac, in turn Jacob ... As you mentioned, the Bible says that Abraham is circumcised. Cohen: Yes. Genesis 17 is the chapter that spells out, repeatedly, that circumcision is ...

Fulfilling the commandment of circumcision means taking the ordinary body of a human being and transforming it into something ...

When I encounter the word “resurrection,” my mind goes immediately to the three long days and nights our Savior lay bound in death in a cold, dark and borrowed tomb.

Genesis 17:11-14 Abraham kept this covenant and his wife, Sarah, gave birth to their son, Isaac. God chose Isaac to inherit the covenant directly from his father, and Isaac handed it on to his own ...

Recently, Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook (1865-1935), the first Ashkenazi chief rabbi of Eretz Yisrael, has returned to public discussion. Former MK Tehila Friedman, in a featured Times of Israel blog ...

Isaac: The name traces its mentions in the Holy Bible and refers to the Old Testament of the Bible which refers Isaac as the firstborn son of Abraham, taking note of the miraculous birth and the ...