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One of the work’s core themes is that attempting to understand Abraham through rational ethical thinking (Silentio mentions Greek philosophy and Hegel) leads to the reductio ad absurdum conclusion that (a) there must be something that transcends this type of thinking or (b) there is no such thing as “faith,” which would mean Abraham’s characterization as the “father of the faith ...
Abraham [a] (originally Abram) [b] is the common Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. [7] 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; [c] [8] and in Islam, he is a link in the chain of Islamic ...
The patriarchs (Hebrew: אבות ʾAvot, "fathers") of the Bible, when narrowly defined, are Abraham, his son Isaac, and Isaac's son Jacob, also named Israel, the ancestor of the Israelites. These three figures are referred to collectively as "the patriarchs", and the period in which they lived is known as the patriarchal age.
The binding of Isaac is mentioned in the New Testament Epistle to the Hebrews among many acts of faith recorded in the Old Testament: "By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, of whom it was said, 'In Isaac your seed shall be called', concluding that God was ...
They, alongside Samaritanism, Druzism, the Baháʼí Faith, [3] and Rastafari, [3] all share a common core foundation in the form of worshipping Abraham's God, who is identified as Yahweh in Hebrew and called Allah in Arabic. [7] Likewise, the Abrahamic religions share similar features distinguishing them from other categories of religions: [8]
Abraham – Hebrew patriarch according to the Hebrew Bible; Isaac – Biblical patriarch, son of Abraham and Sarah; Jacob – Abrahamic forefather of the Israelites; Moses – Prophet in Abrahamic religions; Aaron – Prophet in the Abrahamic faiths; Joshua – Central figure in the Hebrew Bible's Book of Joshua
A Baptist married to a Jewish man, she’s inspired by the work of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., and influenced by the religious traditions of her mother’s native India as well as the Black ...
According to the biblical story, in Genesis 15:1–4 Abram’s most important encounter is recorded when the Abrahamic God made a covenant with him. The day started with a vision where Abram expressed his concerns about being childless, thinking his estate will be inherited by Eliezer of Damascus, a servant of his.