Abraham's story begins when God tells him to go forth for himself to the land that God will shown him, and he goes. To me, the most enigmatic and interesting character in the Bible is neither Moses nor David, but Abraham. After 10 generations between Adam ...

Prof. Delaney, Associate Professor of Cultural and Social Anthropology at Stanford University delivered this speech on 18 April 2002 as part of the Markkula Ethics Center Lecture Series. In it she draws upon her book, Abraham on Trial: The Social Legacy of ...

“It is fundamental to the nature of faith to take God’s word for things; acceptance on the authority of God is the biblical analysis of faith on its intellectual side.” The truth of this statement by J. I. Packer is nowhere better demonstrated than ...

Shouldn’t this great man be introduced along with his heroic credentials? Why is this his past résumé kept confidential? For approximately two thousand years, humanity was lost in theological confusion and moral mayhem. Finally, one great man uncovered ...

The title of this piece points to the central event under discussion: Abraham’s attempted sacrifice of Isaac on Mount Moriah. But, given our discussion of last week and the week before, it might also be entitled “Abraham and the Child Problem — Part III

Abraham is regarded by Jews as the first Patriarch of the Jewish people. This article examines his life, times and significance. The history of the Jewish people begins in Bronze Age times in the Middle East when God promised a nomad leader called Abram ...

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President Donald Trump repeatedly touted the “Abraham Accords” in his Middle East trip on Monday, seeking to build on 2020 agreements that expanded the number of Arab states with diplomatic ties with Israel. The term is filled with religious and ...

US President Donald Trump defended his administration's latest tariff policies while reiterating that Iran would never be allowed to acquire a nuclear weapon, using a wide-ranging White House question-and-answer session following an event on civilian nuclear energy to outline his economic and foreign policy priorities.