Religious Studies 1022A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Abrahamic Religions, Gen12, Religious Text
12 Feb 2018
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Abraham/ibrahim: father of the jewish and arab nations. Patriarch: the male head (father) of an ancient family line, a venerable tribal founder or leader. A legal bond yhwh forms with a chosen group, such as israel, and the demands god makes in return. The series of promises yhwh makes to the patriarch abraham, including vows to give his descendants nationhood, the territory of. Canaan, and a line of kings, and to make them a source of universal blessing. Abrahamic covenant found at gen 12:1-3, 15:1-21, 17:1-27, Abraham as model of faith and obedience to god. "say, he is god, the one and only god, the eternal, absolute; he begets not, nor is he begotten; and there is none like unto him" Judaism"s shema: "hear, o israel, the lord, our god, the lord is. Islam"s shahada: "there is no god but god.
