For JPAs only............?

JPA stands for Jews, Pagans and Allies.

However as this is the Shabbas (Sabbath) you will not get any of the observant Jews online until tomorrow after sundown.

I can tell you that in the Torah (the Jewish Bible) that Genesis 16 states that his handmaiden, Hagar, bore Abram Ishmael when Abram was 86.

Genesis 21 states that Abraham was 100 years old when his wife Sarah bore him Isaac.

So Ishmael is the first of his children, but not his first-born *legitimate* child.

The main difference you will see is that Islam claims that the Torah has been corrupted, and *Ishmael* was the son that Abraham was supposed to sacrifice, while Judaism will tell you that their Bible has not been changed and it was *Isaac* that has always been the intended sacrifice.

If this is not the controversy you are referencing, let me know and I'll see if I can help further.

I believe JPA stands for Jewish Pagan Alliance or something like that.

But I haven't a clue to the point of the question.

)O(

I apologize for my ignorance, but what is a JPA? Is it a religion?

EDIT:

Thanks to the other answerers for clarifying the meaning of JPA.

Hmm... "first-born" is correct in English, as far as I know. I'll stick with that.

Dance4Ballet shame on you.