From a religious and biblical perspective, the sons of Isaac have long viewed the sons of Ishmael as potential enemies, and vice versa. Each side sees the other as the opponent in a battle for God’s single blessing. But—in fact—God invented the two-state solution in Genesis 21.
Charlotte Gordon
Charlotte Gordon is a professor at Endicott College in Beverly, MA. Her new book is The Woman Who Named God: Abraham?s Dilemma and the Birth of Three Faiths(Little, Brown). It is a nonfiction retelling of the biblical story of Abraham, Sarah, and Hagar from a tri-faith perspective.
