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| 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-321) and index. |
| Language | Includes author's English translation of Hebrew texts from the book of Genesis about Abraham. |
| LCCN | 2006001687 |
| ISBN | 0465070949 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780465070947 |
