Prof. Jason Kalman is Professor of Classical Hebrew Literature and Interpretation at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati, where he also serves as co-Director of HUC Press and co-editor of the Hebrew Union College Annual. He is also a research fellow in the Department of Old and New Testament Studies, Faculty of Theology and Religion, at the University of the Free State, South Africa. Kalman received his Ph.D. from McGill University. He is the author of Hebrew Union College and the Dead Sea Scrolls (HUC, 2012), The Book of Job in Jewish Life and Thought: Critical Essays (HUC Press, 2021; Russian Edition, Academic Studies Press, 2025), and Abraham ibn Ezra's Commentary on the Book of Job (TEAMS; Medieval Institute publications, Western Michigan, 2024), as well as co-author with Jaqueline S. du Toit of Canada's Big Biblical Bargain: How McGill University Bought the Dead Sea Scrolls (McGill-Queen's University Press, 2010).
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Sarah is absent from the biblical account of Isaac’s binding, and there’s no indication that Abraham even discussed God’s command with her. Would she have been an active participant, a faithful supporter, or a grief-stricken mother? Later interpreters filled in her role according to their religious and cultural contexts.
Sarah is absent from the biblical account of Isaac’s binding, and there’s no indication that Abraham even discussed God’s command with her. Would she have been an active participant, a faithful supporter, or a grief-stricken mother? Later interpreters filled in her role according to their religious and cultural contexts.
