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Biography of Abraham
Name: Abraham
Birth Date: c. 1996 B.C.
Death Date: c. 1821 B.C.
Place of Birth: Ur, Mesopotamia
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Gender: Male
Occupations: patriarch, religious leader, herdsman, bedouin
Abraham
The patriarch Abraham (c. 1996 BC-1821 BC) started with humble beginnings as a son of Ur. Abraham is now regarded as one of the most influential people in all of history. The world's three largest monotheistic religions--in fact possibly monotheism itself--found their beginnings with him. Over 3 billion people in the modern world cite Abraham as the "father" of their religion. Abraham was promised by his God descendants as numerous as the stars of the sky, but today two branches of his family, the Jews and the Muslims, continue to battle for his birthright.Birth of a PatriarchIn the Torah, Abraham's story is found in Lekh Lekha. In the Bible, it is the same, in Genesis, but is also commented on in the New Testament. In the Koran, Abraham can be found mentioned throughout, revered as one of the great prophets of the Muslim faith. In all three holy books, …showed first 150 words…
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…showed last 150 words…Geographic, "The important thing, we are told, is to assess the meaning and legacy of the ideas Abraham came to embody. He is most famously thought of as the father of monotheism.... The stories do, however, describe his hospitality and peaceableness and, most important, his faith and obedience to God." Further Reading Corduan, Winfried, Neighboring Faiths, InterVarsity Press, 1998.Fieser, James and John Powers, Scriptures of the West, McGraw Hill, 1998.Holy Bible, New Living translation, Tyndale House Publishers, 1996.House, Paul R., Old Testament Survey, Broadman Press, 1992.Murphy-O'Connor, Jerome, Holy Land, Oxford University Press, 1998.Qur'an, translation, Tahrike Tarsile Qur'an, Inc., 1999.Schechter, Solomon, Aspects of Rabbinic Theology, Jewish Lights Publishing, 1993.Student Map Manual: Historical Geography of the Bible Lands, Pictorial Archive (Near Eastern History) Est., 1983.Asia Africa Intelligence Wire, October 21, 2002.Bible Review, April 2002.Midstream, November 2001.National Geographic, December 2001.Time, September 30, 2002."Biography of Abraham," http://www.logon.org/_domain/abrahams-legacy.org/al-biog.html (February 10, 2003).
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