Genesis: A Living Conversation Call and Promise (Season 1, Episode 5)
TV Episode | 56 min | Talk-Show

Genesis: A Living Conversation

Call and Promise (Season 1, Episode 5)

TV Episode | 56 min | Talk-Show

When God chooses Abraham to found a dynasty, how does Abraham react? What does divine sanction mean, both for the chosen and for the "non-chosen"? Participants: Scholar Robert Alter; law professor Azizah Y. al-Hibri; novelist Bharati ...See moreWhen God chooses Abraham to found a dynasty, how does Abraham react? What does divine sanction mean, both for the chosen and for the "non-chosen"? Participants: Scholar Robert Alter; law professor Azizah Y. al-Hibri; novelist Bharati Mukherjee; community activist Eugene Rivers III; theologians Lewis B. Smedes and Burton L. Visotzky; and playwright-composer Elizabeth Swados. See less

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7 cast members

Name	Known for
Robert Alter Self Self See fewer	Genesis: A Living Conversation (1996)
Bill Moyers Self Self See fewer	Bill Moyers' Journal (1972)
Bharati Mukherjee Self Self See fewer	Genesis: A Living Conversation (1996)
Eugene Rivers Self Self See fewer	Black at Yale: A Film Diary (1974)
Lewis Smedes Self Self See fewer	The Evidence (2001)
Elizabeth Swados Self Self See fewer	My Depression (2014)
Burton L. Visotzky Self Self See fewer	The Prince of Egypt (1998)