Abraham : the first historical biography /
by Rosenberg, David.
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BookPublisher: New York : Basic Books, c2006Description: xvii, 342 p. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0465070949 :.Subject(s): Abraham (Biblical patriarch) | Patriarchs (Bible) -- Biography | Sumer -- Religion | Middle Eastern literature -- Relation to the Old Testament | Bible. O.T. Genesis XI-XXV, 11 -- History of Biblical events | J document (Biblical criticism) | E document (Biblical criticism)Online resources: Table of contents only
Contents:
The history of Abraham -- Out of Sumer -- The original audience in Jerusalem -- What will history be now? -- A portable culture -- The meaning of journeys -- The call -- The education of Abraham -- Contracts -- The journey -- Promised Land -- The witness -- The cosmic theater in Ur and Harran -- Arranging a child -- The court of the world -- Acting out the drama -- The survivors -- The influence of the writing prophets -- Inheritance and the threat of extinction -- Death and burial.
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Includes author's English translation of Hebrew texts from the book of Genesis about Abraham.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-321) and index.
The history of Abraham -- Out of Sumer -- The original audience in Jerusalem -- What will history be now? -- A portable culture -- The meaning of journeys -- The call -- The education of Abraham -- Contracts -- The journey -- Promised Land -- The witness -- The cosmic theater in Ur and Harran -- Arranging a child -- The court of the world -- Acting out the drama -- The survivors -- The influence of the writing prophets -- Inheritance and the threat of extinction -- Death and burial.
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