Post by pðtù§ on May 5, 2003 14:26:39 GMT
From NBC:
A special episode of the Emmy Award-winning series, dealing with some of the questions and issues currently facing the world in the wake of the recent terrorist attacks on the United States.
The infamous and unseen (for many) 9/11 special episode.
The episode title refers to two sons of Abraham, who was told by God to sacrifice his son as a test of faith. While the Bible states that Isaac, the son of Abraham's wife, Sarah, was the one to be sacrificed, most interpretations of the Qur'an, the holy scripture of Islam, say that Ishmael, son of his slave-woman, Hagar, was to be sacrificed.
John Raines, professor of religion at Temple University, said he expected the show "to try to address our common humanity and shared history. "Isaac was the privileged, chosen son in the Torah; Ishmael, the special son in the Koran. They represent two sides of the same problem: a common history, but differences. Those differences in trajectories of religion, those divergent pathways, have led us to the present moment."
A special episode of the Emmy Award-winning series, dealing with some of the questions and issues currently facing the world in the wake of the recent terrorist attacks on the United States.
The infamous and unseen (for many) 9/11 special episode.
The episode title refers to two sons of Abraham, who was told by God to sacrifice his son as a test of faith. While the Bible states that Isaac, the son of Abraham's wife, Sarah, was the one to be sacrificed, most interpretations of the Qur'an, the holy scripture of Islam, say that Ishmael, son of his slave-woman, Hagar, was to be sacrificed.
John Raines, professor of religion at Temple University, said he expected the show "to try to address our common humanity and shared history. "Isaac was the privileged, chosen son in the Torah; Ishmael, the special son in the Koran. They represent two sides of the same problem: a common history, but differences. Those differences in trajectories of religion, those divergent pathways, have led us to the present moment."
ever show this ep?
