According to popular clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson, the story of the call of Abraham is not just about an ancient nomad. It embodies archetypical insights about the call to every individual to ...

The pilgrimage to Hebron marks the weekly Torah portion Chayei Sarah, in which the Biblical patriarch Abraham buys the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron in order to bury his dead wife Sarah. JERUSALEM ...

In preparation for Sunday's sermon, the Rev. Cress Darwin reviews the biblical book of Genesis. He finds the story where God orders Abraham to leave his home and promises him numerous descendants ...

An entire chapter in the Bible is dedicated to the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron, showing the site’s importance in scripture. Today we will visit this holy site, which unfortunately is not on many ...

"The Discovery of God: Abraham and The Birth of Monotheism" by David Klinghoffer (Doubleday, $26). David Klinghoffer’s biography of the patriarch Abraham rides on a new wave of interest in the Bible, ...

The patriarch of patriarchs, Abraham, is considered the founder of Judaism, the spiritual ancestor of Christianity and a major prophet in Islam and ministers say his near-sacrifice of his son Isaac ...

My first real experience of the patriarch Abraham’s crossover appeal came on the splendid sun-spangled day in June when I took a crosstown cab to arrange my son’s circumcision. Jews have circumcised ...

Between 1260 and 1400, the Mamluks transformed Hebron’s Cave of the Patriarchs into an exclusively Islamic sanctuary. Sultan Baibars’ 1266 decree banning Christians and Jews—limiting Jews to the ...

It's not an exaggeration to say that if you want to understand the Israel-Palestine conflict, go to Hebron. But, more specifically, if you want to understand how history and conflicting narratives ...

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