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'In the fear of God' — Understanding the story of Abraham and Isaac

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 ...
Jewish Journal

Abraham, Isaac and Hamas: Is It Time to Move Past ‘Akedah Theology’?

Abraham sacrifices Isaac. Chromolithograph based on a drawing (1860) by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (German painter, 1794 – 1872), published ca. 1880. ZU_09/Getty Images We have been horrified in ...