Abraham. Isaac. Jacob. Joseph. Moses. Women featured in the stories often take a backseat to the patriarchs. In “After the Apple,” an examination of stories from the Hebrew Bible ...

These chapters center on the lives of Abraham and two of his descendants, Jacob and Joseph. Isaac appears also, though only briefly. But what are these narratives all about? Here there is ...

Abraham, Isaac and Jacob weren’t really Jewish ... In fact, according to the rabbinical definition of Judaism, the national hero: Joseph Trumpeldor; a man who was one of the founders of ...

Descending from distinguished ancestors, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, Joseph is one of the most revered men in Islamic theology. Muslims believe that he was gifted with prophetic visions. As Al-Kisai ...

Along this route, you are walking on the actual road Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, and King David walked on multiple times. Today this area (liberated by the IDF during the 1967 Six Day War ...

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 ...

In the sacrifice of Isaac, Abraham called G^d’s bluff ... Only those as honest as Jacob might trick themselves into honest results. Joseph used his beauty to become favored by the powerful ...

[12] Not by accident were Abraham-and-Sarah, Isaac-and-Rebekah, and Jacob-and-Rachel, unable to have children by natural means. Nor was it mere happenstance that God promised the holy land to a ...