The Real Father Abraham, Part 1
An Overlooked (or Ignored?) Situation in Bible Scholarship
Authored by: Tov Rose
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I was working on a chapter about Abraham and thought I'd see if anyone had ideas about the subject. The following is based on the responses. You can take it as tongue in cheek, or as serious, depending on your trust in the accuracy of formal scholarship. Was this topic something people would be interested in hearing more about? Did they have ideas about what direction I should take it? Here are some of the issues that came up, but first my initial thoughts:
Where exactly was Father Abraham from and who were his people?
What was the culture of that area like?
What Empire(s) controlled the area where he grew up?
Were they a democracy, Did they have a caste system, like in India, were they are nation of sorcerers (etc)?
Father Abraham had many sons, but just how many “sons” did this prophet of the One True God have?
Is Abraham recorded in the histories of other cultures besides that of Israel?
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