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The Passover Haggadah, in the concluding nirtzah section of the Seder, in a reference to Abraham's visitors in Genesis 18:1, recounts how God knocked on Abraham's door in the heat of the day on Passover and Abraham fed his visitors matzah cakes, deducing the season from the report in Genesis 19:3 that Lot fed his visitors matzah. [296]
Greatest Heroes of the Bible: Abraham's Sacrifice (1979, TV episode) Animated Stories from the Bible: Abraham and Isaac (1992, TBN, TV episode) Abraham (1993, TNT Bible Series) Abraham: The Friend of God (2008) (Iran) Abe and the Amazing Promise (2009) Young Abraham (2011) His Only Son (2023)
Abraham is a 1993 television film based on the life of the Biblical patriarch Abraham produced by Five Mile River Films. It was shot in Ouarzazate , Morocco . Directed by Joseph Sargent , it stars Richard Harris (as Abraham), Barbara Hershey (as Sara), Maximilian Schell (as Pharao), and Vittorio Gassman (Terach).
Pages in category "Films based on the Book of Genesis" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
It confuses the Genesis accounts of Noah and the Deluge (Genesis 6-9) with the narrative of his distant descendants, Abraham and Lot (Genesis 13 and 18-19). Various scenes in the film were seen as recycled tropes from the post-apocalyptic genre; a scene in which Lot leads a band of pirates in an attack on the Ark was compared to Waterworld.
The Bible contains an intricate pattern of chronologies from the creation of Adam, the first man, to the reigns of the later kings of ancient Israel and Judah.Based on this chronology and the Rabbinic tradition, ancient Jewish sources such as Seder Olam Rabbah date the birth of Abraham to 1948 AM (c. 1813 BCE) [3] and place the death of Jacob in 2255 AM (c. 1506 BCE).
The Zohar says that when God saved Abram from the furnace, Terah repented (Zohar Genesis 1:77b) and Rabbi Abba B. Kahana said that God assured Abram that his father Terah had a portion in the World to Come (Genesis Rabbah 30:4; 30:12). Rabbi Hiyya relates this account in the Genesis Rabbah: Terah left Abram to mind the store while he departed.
God sends Abraham three angels, whom Abraham receives hospitably. They announce that he will have a son within a year, although he and his wife are already very old. Also that God intends to execute judgment upon Sodom and Gomorrah, whereupon he intercedes for the sinners. PEOPLE: יהוה YHWH - Abraham - Sarah. PLACES: Mamre. RELATED ...