Throughout history, the most powerful families ultimately resorted to 'incest' to preserve the purity of their blood. The ...

More on that later, but first we are towards the end of the Ten Plagues. Last week we had blood, frogs, lice, and swarms of insects. Despite all of these afflictions and suffering of his people ...

Moses’ and Aaron’s first encounter with Pharaoh turned out, on a human scale, to be a disaster: The conditions of Hebrew slavery worsened. They now faced the same brick quota without the necessary ...

Hymns from the ancient Egyptian pharaonic era did not simply become Christian hymns as they were. However, they are not ...

It sometimes seems impossible to understand how a rational human being can persist in a course of action when he sees clear signs over and over again that his actions lead only to disaster after ...

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I have a question about Exodus and the Red Sea crossing. Why does God make a point of saying He will "harden the hearts" of both Pharaoh and the Egyptians so that they will chase them? It says ...

All humans face various tough tests in their lifetime, as the Qur’an states: “We shall certainly test (all of) you with fear and hunger, and loss of property, lives, and crops. But [Muhammad], give ...

If the pharaoh is not allowed to repent, why go through with the charade of giving him an option? If the point is a display of divine power, why does one need to go through the pharaoh at all? Tonight ...