Anthony Julius' biography of Abraham argues for the duality of the first Jew, with one life based in reason and another in ...

you would do what Abraham did, 40 but now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth which I heard from God; this is not what Abraham did. 41 You do what your father did." They said to ...

Abraham was first known as Abram but when he followed God, he had his name changed. He lived with his family in Ur, believed to be in modern day Iraq. At that time, it is likely that the people of ...

Abraham was the founder of Judaism and was the first to make a covenant with God. The first part of the covenant is known as the promised land and can be found in Genesis 12:1, where Abraham is ...

Led by God from Mesopotamia to the land of Canaan, Abraham entered into a covenant with the Lord that, once fulfilled, would see him father a great nation of kings.