and characters that represent groups or types • Ancestor – a family member from the distant past • Descendent – a family member from a future generation • Patriarch – “father‚” male leader or head of the family • Abrahamic Faiths – name given to Judaism‚ Christianity‚ and Islam who all claim Abraham as an ancestor • Zionism – 19th/20th Century movement to reestablish a Jewish state in Palestine • Circumcision – surgically removing a male’s foreskin‚ especially
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Important Figures/People • Abraham was known as the founder/patriarch of the Jewish religion when he declared that he believes in the one true God. In Judaism‚ Abraham‚ previously known as Abram‚ is said to have received a message from the God. God told Abram to leave his home and family and in return God changed his name to Abraham‚ gave him His blessing and promised him he would become a great nation. Many years passed and as he grew old Abraham and his wife Sarai who was renamed Sarah worried
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God A Covenant is a promise that is made. There are many covenants that are recorded in the Bible‚ but one that really stands out from the others was God’s covenant with Abraham. God had a covenant with Abraham that he would have many descendants and land. There are two accounts of the covenant that God made with Abraham in the Bible‚ in Genesis fifteen and Genesis seventeen. Even though these two stories come from the Bible‚ they tell two different stories of how the covenant was actually established
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MODULE SIX ABRAHAM AND LOT |Bible Topics | |Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah | |People to Know |Places to Know |Terms to Know | |Moabites |Oaks of Mamre |Bedouin | |Ammonites
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Abraham and Sarah The story of Abraham and Sarah is an important one‚ especially because Abraham is the father (and Sarah the mother) of the Israelite nation. When looked at from a broad point of view‚ this story of an ancient family and their relationship with God becomes a parable which teaches others to put their trust in God and provides examples of how to live a righteous life in the eyes of this God. When looked at from a narrower point of view‚ one can examine the motivations and personalities
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Abraham Conclusion While writing the whole play for my group‚ and doing research‚ I learned a lot of things about Abraham. God helped Abraham a lot‚ first with the blessing‚ then Lot‚ and even for the birth of Isaac. Most of the time when something bad happens‚ Abraham doubted God. God never zapped him‚ or kill him‚ He was patient. At the end‚ Abraham could not help Isaac find a wife himself for he is weak and old‚ he trusted that God will help him like the way God helped him before. I think faith
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Abram is presented to us as an old man without an offspring or heir. He is at the age of seventy-five when God comes to him with the offer of the covenant. Abraham stands for devotion‚ justice‚ compassion‚ faith‚ tact‚ and personal integrity. He is also seen as cunning‚ humorous‚ and pragmatic throughout the story. Abram is a man looking for his faith‚ and God asks Abram to leave his land and kinship to a land which God will show him. In exchange for Abram’s faith and compliance‚ God will make
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Comparative Analysis of Abraham in the Bible and the Quran The three major religions in the world today – Judaism‚ Christianity‚ and Islam—all view Abraham as a very important figure. The term Abrahamic religions‚ which are summarized as monotheistic faiths tracing their common origin to Abraham‚ aroused as the three major religions each perceive him as a either their founder or at least a forefather of the religion. Although the three religions recognize Abraham as an important person in their
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Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin in Hardin County‚ Kentucky to Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks Lincoln. Thomas was a strong and determined pioneer who found a moderate level of prosperity and was well respected in the community. The couple had two other children: Abraham’s older sister Sarah and younger brother Thomas‚ who died in infancy. Due to a land dispute‚ the Lincolns were forced to move from Kentucky to Perry County‚ Indiana in 1817‚ where the family "squatted" on public land to scrap
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Abraham Lincoln / a photo-illustrated biography by T. M. Usel ; historical consultant : Steve Potts. Author: Usel‚ T. M. Imprint:Mankato‚ Minn. : Bridgestone Books : : Capstone Press‚ 1996. Physical Description24 p. : ill.‚ photos. Note:This book presents the life story of the sixteenth president of the United States who is known for ending slavery in the U.S. Note:Includes index. Note:Includes glossary. Note:Includes chronology. Library Shelf Location Call
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