Was God’s command for Abraham ... sacrifice his son. Instead, one could argue, he was even harming the future collective, as God promised him progeny, a future ‘universal’ “concealed in ...

Shaye Cohen: The biblical narrative gets going with Abraham in Genesis chapter 12. Abraham in turn Isaac, in turn Jacob ... Israelite religion has animal sacrifice; Judaism has prayer.

In Islamic and Jewish dialogue efforts, questions such as who the “real” favored son is should not be debated (i.e. Isaac or Ishmael). It is sufficient to acknowledge that Abraham had two sons ...