Category:Abraham (subject)

According to Jewish (Christian, and Islamic) traditions, Abraham was the forefather of Jews and Arabs, the husband of Sarah, Hagar, and Keturah, and the father of Ishmael, Isaac and other children. He is the protagonist and/or pseudo-author of several texts written in the Second Temple period, such as the Testament of Abraham and the Apocalypse of Abraham.

• Events : Binding of Isaac >

• Related characters : Sarah -- Isaac -- Hagar -- Ishmael -- Lot -- Melchizedek >

This page is edited by Gabriele Boccaccini, University of Michigan.

Studies on Abraham focus on two major aspects:

(a) the evolution of the character in ancient (Jewish, Christian, and Islamic) traditions; and

(b) the literature attributed to the ancient patriarch (see Testament of Abraham, Apocalypse of Abraham).

References

• Abraham / Jacques van Ruiten / In: T&T Clark Encyclopedia of Second Temple Judaism (2019 Stuckenbruck, Gurtner), dictionary

• Abraham / James E. Bowley / In: The Eerdmans Dictionary of Early Judaism (2010 Collins / Harlow), dictionary, 294-295

• Abraham / Alan Ralph Millard / In: The Anchor Bible Dictionary (1992 Freedman), dictionary, 1:35-41

External links

• Wikipedia