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Description edit
Fifty-three percent of the world’s population practices Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, religions that all trace their lineage to the towering, quasi-mythological figure of Abraham. In this reverent biography of the man who invented–or discovered–God, David Klinghoffer disentangles history... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Abram: Add a description of this character.
- Abraham
- Isaac
- Sarah
- Ishmael
- Hagar
- Haran
- Sarai
- Eliezer
- Rashi
- Adam
- Jacob
- Rebecca
- Malchizedek
- David
- Ephron
- Gabriel
- Terach
- Nimrod
- Pharaoh
- Paul
- Michael
- Mt. Moriah
- Mamre
- Gerar
- Muhammad
- Ibrahim
- Solomon
- Raphael
- Harold Bloom
- Shem
- Keturah
- E. A. Speiser
- Jaynes
- Ibn Ezra
- Muslim
- Yiscah
- Dan
- Joseph
- Albright
- Joshua
- Radak
- Baal
- Bethuel
- Machpelah
Setting & Locations edit
- Egypt
- Canaan
- Israel
- Hebron
- Beersheba
- Mesopotamia
- Judaism
- Jerusalem
- Heaven
- Near East
- Dead Sea
- Shechem
- Temple Mount
- Islam
- Esau
- Babylon
- B.c.
- Rome
- America
- Mt. Sinai
- Cuthah
- Avimelech
- Greece
- Nuzi
- Holy Land
- Sodom
- Turkey
- Moab
- Ur Kasdim
- Documentary Hypothesis
- Europe
- Asia
- Ugarit
- Syria
First Sentence edit
Reaching us like pulses of ancient light from a star in a distant galaxy, the circumstances of Abraham's birth are obscure.
Authors & Contributors edit
- David Klinghoffer (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Doubleday
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2003
ISBN: 0385499736
Page Count: 348
Publisher: Doubleday
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2003
ISBN: 0385499736
Page Count: 348
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 222.11
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