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The world's three largest faiths all find a common root in one man: Abraham. Breaking new ground, David Rosenberg portrays Abraham as a man whose whole life, and therefore his legacy, is informed by the Sumerian culture that produced him. Abraham is a brilliant literary excavation of the ancient cultures from which our modern world has grown.

When we rewind history to Abraham's era, we encounter people who concocted false superstitions to explain the unexplainable. Powerful kings claimed to be gods, building massive pyramids in an attempt to achieve immortality. Out of this mass of misunderstandings, this collage of confusion, one man emerged. Why, thousands of years later, are we still discussing the faith of this desert nomad? Chuck Swindoll answers that question and many more in this compelling and insightful biography that will inspire your own faith.

Abraham is unquestionably one of the most outstanding and influential figures in world history. He had no political or military achievements, and he left no literary remains, yet today billions of people claim him as their spiritual father. Throughout the Bible, Abraham is seen as a pivotal figure in God's plan of salvation. In this richly detailed account of his life and times, John Lennox helps us to see through mists of the past to the real flesh-and-blood man, with all his strengths and weaknesses, to better appreciate all that Abraham stands for as a model of faith today.

Das Musical ABRAHAM zeigt, wie sich der Urvater der drei monotheistischen Religionen, der zunächst Abram heißt, durchs Leben schlägt. In drei schwierigen Situationen muss er sich bewähren. Missernten bedrohen seine Herden. Der ägyptische Pharao könnte die Rettung sein. Aber der verlangt von Abram dessen Frau Sarai. Abram und Sarai sind kinderlos. Ein schweres Schicksal in der damaligen Zeit. Sarai schickt Abram zur Sklavin Hagar. Diese bekommt Ismael, aber sie beansprucht jetzt auch den ersten Platz neben Abram. Abraham und Sarah bekommen einen Sohn: Isaak.

Warum fürchtest du dich, Abram? Ist es kein Trost, dass man nicht vollkommen sein muss, um vom Herrn erwählt zu werden?

An old and mysterious legend was told thousands of years ago about Abraham of the Bible. It seems that his father was a seller of idols and statues. People bought those idols and statues as a way of warding off evil and pleasing the gods. But Abraham, even as a child, did not believe that those statues had any power at all. Then, one night, after his father asks Abraham to watch the storehouse of statues, something strange happens.

Frieden kehrte in Israel ein. Doch nur nach außen hin. Hinter verschlossenen Türen wurde bereits die nächste Verschwörung gegen den König geplant. Und abermals war es einer seiner Söhne, der sich gegen ihn auflehnen wollte.

This book explores the concept of prophecy in Judaism as defined by two great figures of Jewish history. Moses Maimonides and Abraham Joshua Heschel are two influential scholars who have impacted the many streams of Judaism. A simplistic dichotomy could be made between their two perspectives labeling Maimonides as a rational philosopher and Heschel as a mystical one. Both the study of Jewish prophecy and the approaches of both of the scholars are complex topics, but not impossible to decipher. The nature of revelation is also part of this discussion.