All three groups were in the monotheist tradition, stemming from the pure monotheist, the ‘Friend of God,’ Abraham-the-Hebrew, whom I prefer to call the first ‘Islamic’ or the first ‘Muslim’ Hebrew, ...

The texts in Genesis simply have Abraham talking to God ... Cohen: One of the main ideas of the Hebrew Scriptures is that the people of Israel relate to God through a covenant.

Genesis 11 is the story of how humans soon after ... In its original form, the story is an explanation of why not everyone speaks Hebrew, as well as a comment on the huge temple-towers (ziggurats ...

I love the story of Jacob recorded for us in the book of beginnings, Genesis. He is quite the character! He started his self-promotion early on and he got named ...