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Sheikh – شيخ Shekh— is an honorific title in the Arabic language. It commonly designates the ruler of a tribe, who inherited the title from his father. “Sheikh” is given to a royal male at birth. It is a question of leadership, is it not? Who leads your journey? Who leads your family? Who leads your…
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Why would I call Abram a Sheikh? (That’s probably not how you think of the Abraham of the Bible account.) Terah took Abram his son … and they went forth together from Ur of the Chaldeans to go into the land of Canaan, but when they came to Haran, they settled there. – Genesis 11:31…
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Two thousand years ago: the setting in Judea, a leavened relic of a Roman province once known as Judah; in fact a thousand more years before, a respected United Kingdom of Israel. Yet Solomon’s kingdom was split, David’s power long lost, Moses’ Law long debated and Abraham’s history much distorted. Temples destroyed. Temples rebuilt. Religion…
