Face to face with the God of sense
The "Face-to-Face" person is Moses. There was never again one like him, says the Bible, "who spoke to God face to face." Moses is the...
Singular sense (not non-sense)
One of my colleagues turned straight to chapter 9 in the book, the story of Abraham's sacrifice of Isaac, known in Jewish theology as the...
On level ground with the Judge of all the earth
This fifth century mosaic from Ravenna pictures the encounter between God and Abraham in Genesis 18. In this conversation, it is evident...
Tell him that I
The murder of Abel raises many problems, the most acute of which is that God does not intervene to protect Abel. Cain, the brother's...
Words and pictures
Pictures of scenes and stories in the Bible can help and sometimes hinder the imagination. Lucas Cranach's depiction of Paradise belongs...
