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• Abraham and the Child of Sacrifice: Isaac or Ishmael?
Deconstruction of the extra-Koranic Muslim tradition that Ishmael, not his brother, was the intended sacrifice of Genesis.
http://answering-islam.org/Shamoun/sacrifice.htm

• Biblical Personalities: Isaac and Ishmael
A contemporary Jewish look at the sons of Abraham, and their apparent reconciliation at their father's funeral.
http://www.emanuelnyc.org/bulletin/archive/52.html

• Catholic Encyclopedia: Ismael
Commentary on the spurned son of Abraham from the traditional Catholic perspective.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08192a.htm

• Comparative Index to Islam: Ishmael
Highlights differences between Islamic and Christian beliefs about the illegitimate son of Abraham.
http://answering-islam.org/Index/I/ishmael.html

• Concerning Ismael The Son Of Abraham
Chapter on Abraham's illegitimate son by the first-century Jewish historian Josephus.
http://www.interhack.net/projects/library/antiquities-jews/b1c12.html

• Ishmael
Profile of the son of Abraham from a joint Lutheran and Catholic bible study project.
http://www.aboutbibleprophecy.com/p141.htm

• Ishmael
Biblical biography of the wicked son of Abraham from a general Christian perspective.
http://www.execulink.com/~wblank/ishmael.htm

• Jewish Encyclopedia: Ishmael
Overview of Abraham's first-born son from the traditional Jewish perspective, including Talmudic commentary and apocrypha.
http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=277&letter=I

• Jewish Virtual Library: Ishmael
Brief profile of the illegitimate son of Abraham, with links to pertinent Torah passages.
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/biography/ishmael.html

• Yishmael and Hagar: A Perspective
Rabbinic commentary on some of the questions raised by Abraham's apparent abandonment of his son.
http://www.torah.org/learning/rabbis-notebook/5760/vayera.html