Hagar and Ishmael Hagar (Genesis 16 and 21) The travails of Hagar, an Egyptian maidservant, as presented in Genesis 16 and 21 is a combination of J, E, and P sources. One can argue that Genesis 16 is mostly the product of the Yahwist and Genesis 21 is predominantly from the Elohist perspective. While it…
Abraham, the Patriarch of the Israelites What kind of man was Abraham that God called him to lead his family out of Haran? And why did God establish a covenant with him and his descendants? In other words, who is Abraham that he was favored by God? To establish his legitimacy and authority as a…
The Covenant – Berit Author’s Note – I was planning to write about Abraham in just one post … but there were too many traditions and therefore too many themes to unravel. It didn’t seem fair that I would dedicate 8 posts on the first 11 chapters but just one on Abraham which extended 14…
