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Abraham was born in the year 1948 from creation (1813 BCE 4 ), during the reign of the mighty Nimrod, who ruled over almost all of civilization. 5 Abraham’s father Terach was one of Nimrod’s noblemen. Abraham grew up in a society where everyone, including Abraham himself, worshiped idols. 6.
- Abraham's Early Life
The current year in the Jewish calendar is 5783. According...
- Timeline of Jewish History
Secular year: jewish year: Event in History-1813: 1948:...
- Abraham's Early Life
According to Jewish tradition, Abraham was born under the name Abram in the city of Ur in Babylonia in the year 1948 from Creation (circa 1800 BCE). He was the son of Terach, an idol merchant, but from his early childhood, he questioned the faith of his father and sought the truth. He came to believe that the entire universe was the work of a ...
Abraham (originally Abram) is the common Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In Judaism, he is the founding father of the special relationship between the Jews and God; in Christianity, he is the spiritual progenitor of all believers, whether Jewish or non-Jewish; and in Islam, he is a link in the chain of Islamic prophets that begins with ...
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As an example, let us look at an oft-quoted rabbinic tradition: Our father Abraham observed the entire Torah before it was given to Israel, as it is written (Genesis 26:5) “Because that Abraham obeyed my voice and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes and my laws.” (Mishnah, end of Kiddushin).
Abraham is represented as the founder of religious sites in the regions of Shechem (Genesis 12:7), Bethel /Ai (Genesis 12:8, cf. 13:4), Hebron (Genesis 13:18), Mount Moriah (Genesis 22:2) and Beersheba (Genesis 21:33). As [historian] Benjamin Mazar has noted, all these sites lie within the boundaries of early Israelite settlement in Iron Age I ...
