Abraham : the story of a life / Joseph Blenkinsopp.
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TextPublisher: Grand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2015Description: xv, 240 pages ; 23 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780802872876 (pbk.)
- 0802872875 (pbk.)
- 222/.11092 B 23
- BS580.A3B49 2015 18629
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Preface: A word about reading -- Introduction: The figure of Abraham in the Bible and beyond -- The journey -- Sarah and Lot, wife and nephew -- The promise -- Hagar and Ishmael -- The covenant of circumcision -- Abraham entertains guests, Sodom is destroyed, Lot rescued -- In the land of Moriah -- Abraham's other beloved son -- The death and burial of Sarah and Abraham -- The marriage of Rebekah and Isaac -- Epilogue: Descent from Abraham in early Christianity and what it might mean for the Christian today.
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