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BOOK

Author

Rosenberg, David, 1943-

Title Abraham : the first historical biography / David Rosenberg.

Publication Info.	New York : Basic Books, [2006]
	�2006

Copies

Location	Pub Note	Copy No.	Status
Coal City PL Stacks - CCBB-2	222.11 ROS		AVAILABLE
Flagg-Rochelle PL Adult Non Fiction - FRPY-12	222.11 ABR		AVAILABLE
Freeport PL Adult Non-Fiction - FPLY-13	222.11092 ROS		AVAILABLE
Rock Island Main Lib Adult Biography - RIPG-6	B ABRAHAM		AVAILABLE
Rockford University Stacks - RKC-ILDS	BS580.A3 R634 2006		AVAILABLE

Description	xvii, 342 pages ; 25 cm
	text txt rdacontent
	unmediated n rdamedia
	volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-321) and index.
Contents	The history of Abraham -- Out of Sumer -- The original audience in Jerusalem -- What will history be now? -- A portable culture -- The meaning of journeys -- The call -- The education of Abraham -- Contracts -- The journey -- Promised Land -- The witness -- The cosmic theater in Ur and Harran -- Arranging a child -- The court of the world -- Acting out the drama -- The survivors -- The influence of the writing prophets -- Inheritance and the threat of extinction -- Death and burial.
Language	Includes author's English translation of Hebrew texts from the book of Genesis about Abraham.
Subject	Abraham (Biblical patriarch)
	Bible. Genesis XI-XXV, 11 -- History of Biblical events.
	Patriarchs (Bible) -- Biography.
	Middle Eastern literature -- Relation to the Old Testament.
	J document (Biblical criticism)
	E document (Biblical criticism)
	Sumer -- Religion.
ISBN	0465070949 hardcover alkaline paper
Standard No.	9780465070947