November 08, 1991 • Page Image 55
…it would be Isaac rather than his half-brother, Ishmael, who would receive the birthright from Abraham. They deter- mined the destiny of the Jewish people. We can be inspired by the extent to which the Torah represented a new vision of the role of women. These two strong matriarchs play the central theological role in determining that the cove- nant made between God and Abraham is passed to the descendents of Isaac and Jacob: the Jewish people...…

















































