The Yale Jewish Lives series, which has volumes devoted to figures as diverse as Harry Houdini and Henrietta Szold, had a ...

In the very first book of the Bible, we discover something essential about hospitality. It’s not optional. When strangers pass by Abraham and Sarah’s dwelling, Abraham quickly provides ...

Abraham’s wife Sarah has died, and as he mourns, he negotiates with the Hittites for a burial place and then sets himself to the task of finding a wife for their son Isaac. He looks to the future, and ...

This was not what God had promised and later Sarah and Abraham had their own son called Isaac. Abraham now had two sons, one with his wife Sarah and one with his wife’s servant Hagar.