Abraham : the story of a life /
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| Language: | English |
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Grand Rapids, Michigan :
William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company,
2015
Grand Rapids, Michigan : 2015 |
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Table of Contents:
- 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