Sublime

9. Son of Abraham

27So he came near and kissed him; and he smelled the smell of his garments, and blessed him, and said, “Ah, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that the LORD has blessed. 28 May God give you of the dew of heaven, and of the fatness of the earth, and plenty of grain and wine. 29 Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you. Be lor

34 Abraham became the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel. 35The sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.

The father of Jacob Wein, who played Benjamin, gave me a book of Jewish legends in which I found the story of the “unknown just.” In every generation, so the legend goes, there are born among the Jews thirty-six men who God has chosen to bear the burden of the world’s suffering, and to whom he has granted the privilege of martyrdom. These men are i

A second wave of immigration was linked with Abraham’s grandson Jacob, who was renamed Israel (‘May God show his strength!’);

As long as Jacob saw himself as Esau, he threatened Esau and felt threatened by him. Only when he became Israel could the two brothers, each secure in his own identity, meet as equals and part as friends.

This unit reflects a contrast. On the one hand, there is a community that is holding all things in common, with figures such as Barnabas contributing resources to the community (Acts 4:32-37). On the other hand, there are people pretending to give all but who do not, with Ananias and Sapphira experiencing a judgment for claiming to give all while h

Avraham, the father of the Jewish tradition, discovered the Truth by searching what it meant to be his true self and the responsibilities that come with that, while those around him had fallen to worshiping desires and other false idols.