Isaac Blessing Jacob’, circa 1638, (1914). Biblical scene: Painting in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands. From “Bibby’s Annual 1914”, edited by Joseph Bibby. [J. Bibby & Sons, London, 1914].

I retired from my secular career a year ago this month, and last fall — with all the other kids — I went back to school. In my case, I took two semesters of Biblical Hebrew, the language of the Old ...

Among Israel’s great patriarchs — Abraham, Isaac and Jacob — Isaac is something of a transitional figure. That doesn’t make him unimportant, but he is transitional. He’s important because he ...

in Genesis 22:1–19, God tests Abraham’s faith by commanding him to sacrifice his only son, Isaac. Abraham, who had waited decades for the birth of Isaac, the son promised by God to carry on his ...

Everson Museum of Art of Syracuse and Onondaga County, 1990. Everson Museum of Art of Syracuse and Onondaga County 401 Harrison Street Syracuse New York 13202 Accession Number: 48.545 ...