Category:Abraham (subject)

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According to Jewish (Christian, and Islamic) traditions, Abraham was the forefather of Jews and Arabs, the husband of Sarah, Agar, 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.

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Abraham in ancient sources

Abraham in literature & the arts

Abraham in scholarship

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).

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