Anonymous user
Abraham (a): Difference between revisions
→Abraham in the Two Testaments
imported>Kadeh |
imported>Kadeh |
||
| Line 84: | Line 84: | ||
In the [[Old Testament]], Abraham is mentioned as "Abram," <ref>Genesis 11:26, When Terah had lived seventy years, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.</ref> however, in section 17 of Genesis, we read: "As for me, this is my covenant with you: You shall be the ancestor of a multitude of nations. No longer shall your name be Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you the ancestor of a multitude of nations."<ref>Genesis 17:4,5</ref> | In the [[Old Testament]], Abraham is mentioned as "Abram," <ref>Genesis 11:26, When Terah had lived seventy years, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.</ref> however, in section 17 of Genesis, we read: "As for me, this is my covenant with you: You shall be the ancestor of a multitude of nations. No longer shall your name be Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you the ancestor of a multitude of nations."<ref>Genesis 17:4,5</ref> | ||
According to the account in the Old Testament, the lineage of Abraham goes back to Aramean tribes who had migrated from the Arabian Peninsula to the banks of [[Euphrates]] in Northern [[Syria]]. According to section 11 of the Book of Genesis, Terah the father of Abrahm intended to immigrate together with Abraham, Sarah, and Lot from Ur of Chaldea to Canaan, but when he arrived in Harran, he stayed there and then died.<ref>Genesis 11:31,32</ref> From this, some people have concluded that Abraham was born in Ur of Chaldea. However, the birthplace of Abraham and his motherland are introduced in the opening of the section 12.<ref>Genesis 12:1-4</ref> | According to the account in the Old Testament, the lineage of Abraham goes back to Aramean tribes who had migrated from the Arabian Peninsula to the banks of [[Euphrates]] in Northern [[Syria]].<ref>Susa, ''al-'Arab wa al-yahūd fī al-tārīkh'', p. 252.</ref> According to section 11 of the Book of Genesis, Terah the father of Abrahm intended to immigrate together with Abraham, Sarah, and Lot from Ur of Chaldea to Canaan, but when he arrived in Harran, he stayed there and then died.<ref>Genesis 11:31,32</ref> From this, some people have concluded that Abraham was born in Ur of Chaldea. However, the birthplace of Abraham and his motherland are introduced in the opening of the section 12.<ref>Genesis 12:1-4</ref> | ||
According to the Torah, Abraham stayed in [[Harran]] until the age of 75, when he immigrated from Harran to [[Canaan]] at the command of God. He took with him his wife, [[Sarah]], and his nephew, [[Lot]], and some people of Harran. There, they camped in Eastern Bayt 'Il (Bethel), and built a place for slaughtering.<ref>Genesis 12:1-8</ref> Then, because of starvation, they had to immigrate to [[Egypt]].<ref>Genesis 12:10</ref> They later moved back to Bayt 'Il,<ref>Genesis 13:1-4</ref> and then moved to Hebron (al-Khalil) where they resided.<ref>Genesis 13:18</ref> | According to the Torah, Abraham stayed in [[Harran]] until the age of 75, when he immigrated from Harran to [[Canaan]] at the command of God. He took with him his wife, [[Sarah]], and his nephew, [[Lot]], and some people of Harran. There, they camped in Eastern Bayt 'Il (Bethel), and built a place for slaughtering.<ref>Genesis 12:1-8</ref> Then, because of starvation, they had to immigrate to [[Egypt]].<ref>Genesis 12:10</ref> They later moved back to Bayt 'Il,<ref>Genesis 13:1-4</ref> and then moved to Hebron (al-Khalil) where they resided.<ref>Genesis 13:18</ref> | ||
According to the [[Torah]], when Abraham entered Egypt, he first introduced his wife, Sarah, as his sister so that he remains immune to harms out of eagerness to capture his wife. Thus, the Pharaoh of Egypt who was infatuated with the beauty of Sarah married here without a hindrance, and because of her, he was very kind to Abraham. However, God inflicted catastrophes on the Pharaoh and his household.<ref>Genesis 12:11-19</ref> [['Allama Tabataba'i]] takes this story to be evidence for the distortion of the Torah because it does not fit the position of [[prophethood]] and the spirit of [[piety]]. | According to the [[Torah]], when Abraham entered Egypt, he first introduced his wife, Sarah, as his sister so that he remains immune to harms out of eagerness to capture his wife. Thus, the Pharaoh of Egypt who was infatuated with the beauty of Sarah married here without a hindrance, and because of her, he was very kind to Abraham. However, God inflicted catastrophes on the Pharaoh and his household.<ref>Genesis 12:11-19</ref> [['Allama Tabataba'i]] takes this story to be evidence for the distortion of the Torah because it does not fit the position of [[prophethood]] and the spirit of [[piety]].<ref>Ṭabāṭabā'ī, ''al-Mīzān'', vol. 7, p. 225-226.</ref> | ||
The Old Testament takes [[Isaac]] as the slaughtered son of Abraham.<ref>Genesis 22:1-14</ref> In some cases, the slaughtered is merely referred to as Abraham’s child. Moreover, the Torah suggests that God made a covenant with Abraham in Canaan to the effect that the lands from Nile to [[Euphrates]] will be given to his children from the progeny of Isaac.<ref>Genesis 15:18</ref> | The Old Testament takes [[Isaac]] as the slaughtered son of Abraham.<ref>Genesis 22:1-14</ref> In some cases, the slaughtered is merely referred to as Abraham’s child. Moreover, the Torah suggests that God made a covenant with Abraham in Canaan to the effect that the lands from Nile to [[Euphrates]] will be given to his children from the progeny of Isaac.<ref>Genesis 15:18</ref> | ||
The [[New Testament]] mentions Abraham in 72 cases, and the lineage of Jesus is said to go back to Abraham through Isaac with 39<ref>Mathew, 1:1-7</ref> or 54 intermediaries<ref>Luke: 3:24-25</ref>. In the New Testament, Abraham’s faith is said to be the highest degree of faith, because he lived in exile in [[Palestine]], which was not his own land, at the command of God, and then took his son to the slaughtering altar. | The [[New Testament]] mentions Abraham in 72 cases, and the lineage of Jesus is said to go back to Abraham through Isaac with 39<ref>Mathew, 1:1-7</ref> or 54 intermediaries<ref>Luke: 3:24-25</ref>. In the New Testament, Abraham’s faith is said to be the highest degree of faith, because he lived in exile in [[Palestine]], which was not his own land, at the command of God, and then took his son to the slaughtering altar.<ref>Sajjādī, ''Ibrāhīm khalīl (a)'', p. 506.</ref> | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||