ISAAC, or, in Hebrew, Yitsḥaq; the second of the biblical patriarchs and the only son of Abraham and Sarah. Although not known from elsewhere, the name Yitsḥaq conforms to a well-known Northwest Semitic type and means "may God...

Second son of ABRAHAM, after ISHMAEL, but Abraham’s only child by SARAH (Genesis 21). He was bound on an altar at God’s command by Abraham, who was prepared to obey God and offer him as a sacrifice (Genesis 22) (see AQEDAH). At the last...

Son of the *patriarch *Abraham by his wife *Sarah. Isaac’s birth was miraculous in that his mother was beyond childbearing age and, from birth, he was the heir to the *covenant rather than his elder brother Ishmael (who was the son of the...

Isaac was the second son of Abraham by his wife Sarah, father of Jacob. In Arabic his name is Ishaq, and he is referred to in the seventeen times. The root of his name is sahaqa (to crush) or zhaka (to make fun). The does not say which son was the...

ISAAC may refer to: ISAAC (cipher), a pseudorandom number generator ISAAC (comics), a supercomputer in Marvel...

FIRST, a word of background about my perspectives concerning Isaac Stern. I knew him in many different contexts, and in all of them he was a forceful leader, a creative thinker, a charming companion, and a resolute fighter. We became friendly in the context...

James Gleick. Isaac Newton. New York: Vintage, 2003. "Isaac Newton said he had seen further by standing on the shoulders of giants, but he did not believe it. He was born into a world of darkness, obscurity, and magic; led a strangely pure...

Fair Isaac Corp. said Tuesday the next version of its widely used FICO score will no longer consider certain types of credit card accounts, closing a loophole that allowed strangers to coattail on a cardholder's good credit.The new FICO score formula won't include authorized user...

Isaac Hayes, a prominent scientologist who played the multitasking mac-daddy/school-cook/advise-guru in Comedy Central’s South Park, resigned from his nine-year gig on account of the show’s barefaced mimicry of religion.Last November, co-creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker satirized Scientology and it’s mass celebrity following in an...