- Jewish Encyclopedia: Hagar - http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=53&letter=H
Overview of Abraham's handmaid from the traditional Jewish perspective, including Talmudic commentary and a comparison with Islamic beliefs.
- Yishmael and Hagar: A Perspective - http://www.torah.org/learning/rabbis-notebook/5760/vayera.html
Rabbinic commentary on some of the questions raised by the story of Sarah's expulsion of her rival.
- Hagar - http://www.execulink.com/~wblank/20000820.htm
Biblical biography of the slave girl who bore Abraham's first son.
- The Return of Hagar - http://www.chabad.org/Parshah/Article.asp?AID=2636
A Chassidic interpretation of the concubine, including the belief that Abraham married her after Sarah's death.
- Hagar, Mother of the Arab Nation - http://www.1timothy4-13.com/files/proverbs/art15.html
A contemporary Baptist essay on the mother of Ishmael, concluding that the previously wicked woman was transformed after her encounter with an angel.
- Jewish Virtual Library: Hagar - http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/biography/hagar.html
Brief profile of the priest, with links to pertinent Torah passages.
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