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The double life of Abraham, from freethinker to pure believer
The Yale Jewish Lives series, which has volumes devoted to figures as diverse as Harry Houdini and Henrietta Szold, had a ...
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The first covenant with Abraham
In return, God promised to give Abraham and his wife Sarah the child they both longed for, and to name their descendants as his chosen people. Abraham agreed that he and his descendants would obey ...
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Covenant and mitzvot in Judaism
Genesis 12:1-2 In return, God promised Abraham that he and his wife Sarah would be given something that they had longed for - a child. He also told Abraham that he would protect them both and ...