Map produced by Daniel Todd Dr. Alice C. Linsley The Hebrew were widely dispersed before Abraham's time (c.2000 BC). They wer...

Isaac ruled over his father's territory in ancient Edom.  The territory extended between Hebron and Beersheba, both shown on this map. A...

Dr. Alice C. Linsley The Hebrew inheritance laws are complex because high-ranking rulers such as Abraham had two first-born sons. Abraham...

Hagar gave this name to the LORD who had spoken to her:“You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “Here I have seen the One who sees me!...

Caravaggio , 1598 Alice C. Linsley The Binding of Isaac is best explained by early Hebrew beliefs concerning the High God and His ...

Alice C. Linsley Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? Seest thou how faith ...

Alice C. Linsley From a reader: “I have a few questions about your blog. I'm a little confused about where you are going with ...

Alice C. Linsley Now Isaac sowed in that land and reaped in the same year a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him, and the man became ri...

Alice C. Linsley Isaac was the proper heir to Abraham's holdings in Edom. Abraham's territory extended on a north-south axis be...