This passage in Isaiah 6 is typically identified as a “call narrative,” in which Isaiah tells the story of how he was called by God to be...

Verses 4-7 are often characterized as one of four “Servant Songs” in Isaiah. Typically Christians read these passages as messianic...

Reading this story, in virtually any time period and place, should make us uncomfortable. In both Genesis 16 and here in 21 Hagar is...