Abraham - Father of Three Faiths

by Cyrus Adler

Overview

A biography of Abraham, the founder of three faiths. Topics covered include the following:
Birth and Wanderings.
—Biblical Data:
Birth of Ishmael.
Birth and Sacrifice of Isaac.
Prototype of the Jewish Race.
—In Apocryphal and Rabbinical Literature:
Propagator of the Knowledge of God.
Opposes Idolatry.
His Birth.
Breaks Idols.
As a Philanthropist.
Prophetic Vision.
Supreme Test of Faith.
Abraham's Death.
True Type of Humanity.
—In Mohammedan Legend:
"Great, Greater, Greatest."
Prominence Given to Abraham.
Mohammedan Midrash on Abraham.
Etymology.
—Critical View:
National Significance.
Character.
Relation to History.
Birth and Wanderings.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940015576535
Publisher:	Franklin Theology Publishing
Publication date:	10/06/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	128 KB

About the Author

Adler was born in Van Buren, Arkansas, a graduate of University of Pennsylvania in 1883 and gained a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University in 1887[2], where he taught Semitic languages from 1884 to 1893. He was employed by the Smithsonian Institution for a number of years, with a focus on archaeology and Semitics, serving as the Librarian from 1892-1905. He was a founder of the Jewish Welfare Board, and an editor of the Jewish Encyclopedia, and part of the committee that translated the Jewish Publication Society version of the Hebrew Bible published in 1917. At the end of World War I, he participated in the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. His many scholarly writings include articles on comparative religion, Assyriology, and Semitic philology.