Shaye Cohen: The biblical narrative gets going with Abraham in Genesis chapter 12. Abraham in turn Isaac, in turn Jacob, in turn Joseph and the twelve tribes, this brings us directly to the people ...

his near-death experience in a furnace at the court of Nimrod transformed him into Abraham 2, the person of pure faith who ...

Christian theology has long recognized these “visitors” as the Triune God and seen in this passage one of the first allusions ...

I will make of you a great nation, And I will bless you. — Genesis 12:1-2 God instructed Abraham to leave his home and travel to Canaan, the Promised Land, which is today known as Israel.

Then the Genesis writer notes that a “deep sleep” and “darkness” (15:12) fall upon Abram, not unlike the “deep sleep” that fell upon Adam with the creation of Eve. This signals great ...

Abraham was the founder of Judaism and was the first to make a covenant with God. The first part of the covenant is known as the promised land and can be found in Genesis 12:1, where Abraham is ...

From Abraham's troubling test to Egypt's harsh plagues, these stories challenge us to reflect on divine commands and human actions. After Achan secretly takes forbidden items from Jericho ...

The Lord said to Abram, ‘Go forth from your native land and from your father’s house to the land that I will show you. I will make of you a great nation, And I will bless you.’ ...