Abraham

{{nowrap|''[[Abraham Casting out Hagar and Ishmael]]'' (1657)}}<br />{{nowrap|by [[Guercino|Giovanni Francesco Barbieri]]}} Abraham; |ʾAvraham|ʾAḇrāhām}}; , |name=|group=}} (originally Abram)|ʾAvram|ʾAḇrām}}}} is the common Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In Judaism, he is the founding father who began the covenantal relationship between the Jewish people and God; in Christianity, he is the spiritual progenitor of all believers, whether Jewish or non-Jewish; writes "In the NT Abraham is recognized as the father of Israel and of the Levitical priesthood (Heb. 7), as the "legal" forebear of Jesus (i.e. ancestor of Joseph according to Matt. 1), and spiritual progenitor of all Christians (Rom. 4; Gal. 3:16, 29; cf. also the ''Visio Pauli'')"}} and in Islam, he is a link in the chain of Islamic prophets that begins with Adam and culminates in Muhammad. Abraham is also revered in other Abrahamic religions such as the Baháʼí Faith and the Druze faith.

The story of the life of Abraham, as told in the narrative of the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible, revolves around the themes of posterity and land. He is said to have been called by God to leave the house of his father Terah and settle in the land of Canaan, which God now promises to Abraham and his progeny. This promise is subsequently inherited by Isaac, Abraham's son by his wife Sarah, while Isaac's half-brother Ishmael is also promised that he will be the founder of a great nation. Abraham purchases a tomb (the Cave of the Patriarchs) at Hebron to be Sarah's grave, thus establishing his right to the land; and, in the second generation, his heir Isaac is married to a woman from his own kin to earn his parents' approval. Abraham later marries Keturah and has six more sons; but, on his death, when he is buried beside Sarah, it is Isaac who receives "all Abraham's goods" while the other sons receive only "gifts".

Most scholars view the patriarchal age, along with the Exodus and the period of the biblical judges, as a late literary construct that does not relate to any particular historical era. It is largely concluded that the Torah, the series of books that includes Genesis, was composed during the Persian period, as a result of tensions between Jewish landowners who had stayed in Judah during the Babylonian captivity and traced their right to the land through their "father Abraham", and the returning exiles who based their counterclaim on Moses and the Exodus tradition of the Israelites. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Introduction to orchids by Abraham

    Published 1981
    Book
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    Selected papers in statistics and probability by Wald, Abraham

    Published 1955
    Book
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    Sequential analysis by Wald, Abraham

    Published 1947
    Book
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    Organic gardening under glass : fruits vegetables,and ornamentals in the greenhouse by Abraham, George

    Published 1975
    Other Authors: “…Abraham, Katy…”
    Book
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    The flora of Trombay by Abraham, V.

    Published 1997
    Book
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    Statistical decision functions by Wald Abraham

    Published 1950
    Book
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    Statistical decision functions by Wald, Abraham

    Book
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    Biodiversity at BARC trombay by Abraham, V.

    Published 1998
    Book
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    Plant breeding for stress environments by Blum, Abraham

    Published 1988
    Book
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    Organising rural workers : the Gujarat government experience by Abraham, Joseph

    Published 1990
    Book
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    Surveying instruments : their design, construction, testing and adjustment by Abraham, R.M

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    Gene interactions development by Korochkin, Leonid I.

    Published 1981
    Other Authors: “…Grossman, Abraham, tran., ed…”
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    Abraham Lincoln without borders: Lincolns legacy outside the United States : papers presented at an International Conference held at the IIT, Madras during 19-20 December 2009

    Published 2010
    “…Abraham Lincoln Without Borders International Conference…”
    Book
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