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Abraham is given a high position of respect in three major world faiths, Judaism, Christianity and Islam. In Judaism, he is the founding father of the covenant, the special relationship between the Jewish people and God – leading to the belief that the Jews are the chosen people of God.
- Abrahamic Religions
In the three main Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity...
- Abraham in Islam
Abraham was a prophet and messenger of God according to...
- Abraham's Well
Abraham's Well - Abraham - Wikipedia
- Abraham I
Abraham I - Abraham - Wikipedia
- Keturah
Keturah (Hebrew: קְטוּרָה, Qəṭūrā, possibly meaning...
- Medan
Medan - Abraham - Wikipedia
- Ur of The Chaldees
The ruins of Ur in modern Iraq, the current scholarly...
- Binding of Isaac
Mosaic "Sacrifice of Isaac" – Basilica of San Vitale (A.D....
- Islamic Prophet
Prophets in Islam (Arabic: ٱلْأَنْبِيَاء فِي ٱلْإِسْلَام,...
- Abrahamic Religions
Origin of the World may refer to: In science: Formation and evolution of the Solar System; In religion and philosophy. On the Origin of the World, Gnostic work dealing with creation and end times; Demiurge, a term for a creator deity responsible for the creation of the physical universe; Sophia (wisdom) In the arts
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v. t. e. Jewish history is the history of the Jews, their nation, religion, and culture, as it developed and interacted with other peoples, religions, and cultures. Jews originated from the Israelites and Hebrews of historical Israel and Judah, two related kingdoms that emerged in the Levant during the Iron Age.
- Periods
- Background: Late Bronze Age
- Iron Age I
- Iron Age II
- Aftermath: Assyrian and Babylonian Periods
- Religion
- Administrative and Judicial Structure
- Further Reading
Iron Age II: 950–586 BCEThe eastern Mediterranean seaboard stretches 400 miles north to south from the Taurus Mountains to the Sinai Peninsula, and 70 to 100 miles east to west between the sea and the Arabian Desert. The coastal plain of the southern Levant, broad in the south and narrowing to the north, is backed in its southernmost portion by a zone of foothills, the Sh...
Archaeologist Paula McNutt says: "It is probably… during Iron Age I [that] a population began to identify itself as 'Israelite'," differentiating itself from its neighbours via prohibitions on intermarriage, an emphasis on family history and genealogy, and religion. In the Late Bronze Age there were no more than about 25 villages in the highlands, ...
According to Israel Finkelstein, after an emergent and large polity was suddenly formed based on the Gibeon-Gibeah plateau and destroyed by Shoshenq I, the biblical Shishak, in the 10th century BCE, a return to small city-states was prevalent in the Southern Levant, but between 950 and 900 BCE another large polity emerged in the northern highlands ...
After its fall, the former Kingdom of Israel became the Assyrian province of Samerina, which was taken over about a century later by the Neo-Babylonian Empire, created after the revolt of the Babylonians and them defeating the Neo-Assyrian Empire. Babylonian Judah suffered a steep decline in both economy and population and lost the Negev, the Sheph...
Although the specific process by which the Israelites adopted monotheism is unknown, it is certain that the transition was a gradual one and was not totally accomplished during the First Temple period.[page needed] Yet, over time, the number of gods that the Israelites worshipped decreased, and figurative images vanished from their shrines. Yahwism...
As was customary in the ancient Near East, a king (Hebrew: מלך, romanized: melekh) ruled over the kingdoms of Israel and Judah. The national god Yahweh, who selects those to rule his realm and his people, is depicted in the Hebrew Bible as having a hand in the establishment of the royal institution. In this sense, the true king is God, and the king...
傑佛瑞·賈克柏·阿布拉罕 （英語： Jeffrey Jacob Abrams ，1966年6月27日 — ），常稱 J·J·亞伯拉罕 （英語： J. J. Abrams ），是一名 美國猶太人 導演 、 監製 、 電視製作人 、 編劇 和 作家 。 他成功創造出 美國廣播公司 （ABC）的電視影集《 雙面女間諜 》（ Alias ）和《 LOST檔案 》（ Lost ），並和麥特·瑞維斯（Matt Reeves）合作創造華納的《 青春無罪 》（ Felicity ）。 阿布拉罕出生於 美國 紐約市 並在 洛杉磯 長大。 他在紐約 布隆克維 （Bronxville）就讀 莎拉勞倫斯學院 （Sarah Lawrence College）。
J·J·亚伯拉罕. 杰弗里·雅各布·艾布拉姆斯 （英语： Jeffrey Jacob Abrams ，1966年6月27日 — ），常称 J·J·亚伯拉罕 （英语： J. J. Abrams ），是一名 美国犹太人 导演 、 监制 、 电视制作人 、 编剧 和 作家 。. 他成功创造出 美国广播公司 （ABC）的电视系列剧《 双面 ...
