Consider their inheritance: their great-grandfather Abraham disowned his son Ishmael ... For them, the Jewish covenant wasn’t rooted in family — it was about committing to God’s mission.

This covenant establishes what we might call ... Hear Shaye Cohen comment on the importance of the Babylonian Exile to the Jewish religion. Abraham is the great forefather of Judaism, but was ...

Christians celebrate this resurrection at Easter and marvel at the potential for the moribund to become filled with life ...

The term covenant refers to a promise or agreement which is made between two people or groups of people. Judasim teaches that covenants were made between God and Noah, Abraham and Moses.

To understand Abraham properly ... And it is that covenant that remains the cornerstone of Jewish identity as well as the foundation into which we Gentiles, the wild olive branch, has been ...

The Jewish emblem is the Magen David (Shield ... Christians believe that God’s covenant with Abraham has now been replaced with a new covenant. The old covenant was based on following laws ...

ANALYSIS: Pope Francis’ pontificate, marked by strong friendships with the Jewish community, was also influenced by ...

Abraham directed Eliezer to hold the site of his circumcision, a physical manifestation of his covenant with God ... (“taking hold of an object”). In Jewish tradition, a person taking an ...