Abstract
The title of my talk is “Abraham, Sarah, Hagar, Ishmael and Isaac: The Bonds of
Family.” I was in Pittsburgh yesterday for a meeting of the Association of Theological Schools,
so maybe this is an inspiration from “We are Family,” the Sister Sledge disco song that became
the theme for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1979. The famous five, Abraham, Sarah, Hagar, Ishmael
and Isaac are of course not the first family in the Bible, but they are crucial to understanding our
three religious traditions. They are, of course, a messy, dysfunctional family, illustrating the
problems of sister wives long before Big Love, the reality show Sister Wives, and other modern
television shows about polygamy.
Family.” I was in Pittsburgh yesterday for a meeting of the Association of Theological Schools,
so maybe this is an inspiration from “We are Family,” the Sister Sledge disco song that became
the theme for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1979. The famous five, Abraham, Sarah, Hagar, Ishmael
and Isaac are of course not the first family in the Bible, but they are crucial to understanding our
three religious traditions. They are, of course, a messy, dysfunctional family, illustrating the
problems of sister wives long before Big Love, the reality show Sister Wives, and other modern
television shows about polygamy.
| Original language | American English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | The Faith of Abraham: Bond or Barrier? Jewish, Christian and Muslim Perspectives |
| Publisher | Fordham University |
| Pages | 33-41 |
| State | Published - 2011 |
Disciplines
- Religion