The Old Testament Hebrew Scriptures in Five Minutes - Philippe Guillaume
60. Is Abraham/Ibrahim an Ecumenical Figure?
The Old Testament Hebrew Scriptures in Five Minutes - Philippe Guillaume
Carol Bakhos [+]
University of California, Los Angeles
Carol Bakhos is Associate Professor of Late Antique Judaism in the department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is the author of Ishmael on the Border: Rabbinic Portrayals of the First Arab (2006), and editor of Judaism in its Hellenistic Context (2005), Current Trends in the Study of Midrash (2006), and co-editor of The Talmud in its Iranian Context (2010). She is currently working on a monograph on comparative Jewish, Christian and Muslim exegesis.
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Considered the first monotheist, Abraham is a major figure in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In each, he plays different roles well beyond the Hebrew Bible’s limited data on Abraham’s career.