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    Items with the tag:

    abraham

    Cover of In the Beginning: My Storybook Bible
    Chil­dren’s
    In the Begin­ning: My Sto­ry­book Bible
    Jonathan Shmidt Chapman; César Garcés, illus.
    Cover of Abraham: The Story of a Journey
    Non­fic­tion
    Abra­ham: The Sto­ry of a Journey
    Jonathan Grossman
    Cover of Maybe It Happened This Way: Bible Stories Reimagined
    Fic­tion
    Maybe It Hap­pened This Way: Bible Sto­ries Reimagined
    Leah Rachel Berkowitz and Erica Wovsaniker; Katherine Messenger, illus.
    From the Journal

    Strug­gling Our Way Toward Col­lec­tive Narration

    Sam Cohen
    April 18, 2022
    Cover of Let There Be Light: The Real Story of Her Creation
    Fic­tion
    Let There Be Light: The Real Sto­ry of Her Creation
    Liana Finck
    Excerpt

    Blab­ber­mouths to Beezlebub

    (function() {var _fbq = window._fbq || (window._fbq = []);if (!_fbq.loaded) {var fbds = document.createElement('script');fbds.async = true;fbds.src =…
    Aviya Kush­n­er
    September 16, 2015
    Cover of Abraham: The World's First (But Certainly Not Last) Jewish Lawyer
    Non­fic­tion
    Abra­ham: The World’s First (But Cer­tain­ly Not Last) Jew­ish Lawyer
    Alan Der­showitz
    Essay

    Who Wrote the Sto­ry of Abra­ham and Isaac?

    Last week, James Good­man wrote about God and child sac­ri­fice and how he came to write about Abra­ham and the bind­ing of Isaac. His most recent book, But Where Is the Lamb, is…
    James Good­man
    September 16, 2013
    Essay

    The Ulti­mate Sac­ri­fice: James Good­man on Abra­ham and the Bind­ing of Isaac

    James Good­man is a pro­fes­sor at Rut­gers Uni­ver­si­ty, where he teach­es his­to­ry and cre­ative writ­ing. His most recent book, But Where Is the Lamb?, is now…
    James Good­man
    September 9, 2013
    Cover of Inheriting Abraham: The Legacy of the Patriarch in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
    Non­fic­tion
    Inher­it­ing Abra­ham: The Lega­cy of the Patri­arch in Judaism, Chris­tian­i­ty, and Islam
    Jon D. Levenson
    Cover of The Gods Are Broken!: The Hidden Legacy of Abraham
    Non­fic­tion
    The Gods Are Bro­ken!: The Hid­den Lega­cy of Abraham
    Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin
    Cover of The Children of Abraham: Judaism, Christianity, Islam
    Non­fic­tion
    The Chil­dren of Abra­ham: Judaism, Chris­tian­i­ty, Islam
    F. E. Peters
    Essay

    The First Jew­ish Debate

    Ear­li­er this week, Rab­bi Bar­ry Schwartz wrote about need­ing more Jew­ish debate. He will be blog­ging here all week for Jew­ish Book Coun­cil and MyJew­ish­Learn­ing.The…
    Bar­ry Schwartz
    March 28, 2012
    Cover of Abraham's Search for God
    Chil­dren’s
    Abra­ham’s Search for God
    Jacqueline Jules; Natascia Ugliano, illus.
    Cover of Abraham: A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths
    Non­fic­tion
    Abra­ham: A Jour­ney to the Heart of Three Faiths
    Bruce Feiler
    Cover of Abraham: The First Historical Biography
    Non­fic­tion
    Abra­ham: The First His­tor­i­cal Biography
    David Rosen­berg

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