Overview
foundational legendary figure among adherents of the eponymous Abrahamic religionsWikidata record description. Read Abraham in the Wikipedia reader.
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2 offices on record
Holding an office is not parentage and not discipleship.
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Family tree
As the myths and records give it. Versions differ from source to source.
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The family as a list · 19
Kinship in an account 18
- child of (parent) Amasla mother of Abraham
- child of (parent) Talmud central text of Rabbinic Judaism
- child of (child) Terah figure in the Hebrew Bible; son of Nahor and father of Abraham
- parent of (child) Bakol daughter of Abraham, according to (disputed) legend
- parent of (father) Isaac Biblical character; son of Abraham
- parent of (father) Ishbak biblical character (Genesis 25)
- parent of (father) Ishmael son of Abraham in the Hebrew bible, prophet in Islam
- parent of (father) Jokshan human biblical figure (Genesis 25)
- parent of (child) Medan son of Abraham
- parent of (father) Midian son of Abraham in the bible (Genesis 25)
- parent of (child) Shuah son of Abraham
- parent of (father) Zimran biblical Figure
- partner of (spouse) Hagar biblical character, Egyptian handmaid of Sarah, wife of Abraham
- partner of (spouse) Keturah biblical character, third wife of Abraham
- partner of (spouse) Sarah biblical matriarch, prophet, and major figure in Abrahamic religions
- sibling of Haran Biblical figure; son of Terah and brother of Abraham and Nahor
- sibling of Nahor biblical character, son of Terah
- sibling of (half) Sarah biblical matriarch, prophet, and major figure in Abrahamic religions
Family 1
What the records tie them to
Founded, supported, associated with — as third parties recorded it.
In the texts
Works this figure appears in. A work’s date is the source’s, not this figure’s.
- Written 631 CE
Qur’an
foundational Islamic religious text -
Gospel of Matthew
book of the New Testament -
Gospel of John
one of the four canonical gospels in the New Testament -
Gospel of Mark
canonical Gospel of the New Testament - Written 85 CE
Gospel of Luke
book of the New Testament -
Psalms
book of the Bible, has five books -
Acts of the Apostles
book of the New Testament -
Leviticus
third book of the Bible -
Deuteronomy
fifth book of the Torah and Christian Old Testament
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Book of Numbers
fourth book of Bible - Written 1830 CE
Book of Mormon
sacred text of the Latter Day Saint movement - Written c. 57 CE
Epistle to the Romans
New Testament epistle attributed to Paul -
Joshua
sixth book of the Bible - Written 63 CE
Epistle to the Hebrews
book of the Bible -
Epistle of James
book of the New Testament attributed to James -
First Epistle of Peter
book of the Bible attributed to Peter -
Book of Daniel
book of the Bible -
Isaiah
book of the Bible -
Ezekiel
book of the Hebrew Bible -
Book of Micah
book in the Hebrew Bible -
Tanakh
canon of the Hebrew Bible, written mostly in Hebrew with some Aramaic -
Jeremiah
book of the Bible -
Book of Nehemiah
book of the Bible - Written 2nd century BCE
Sirach
Jewish wisdom text from the early 2nd century BCE, part of the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox biblical canons -
Book of Judith
book in the Septuagint, regarded as canonical in Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy, about the story of the widow Judith who assassinates an enemy general, Holofernes -
First Book of Kings
book of the Christian Old Testament correspoinding to the first half of the Book of Kings in the Hebrew Bible -
Second Book of Kings
book of the Christian Old Testament corresponding to the second half of the Book of Kings of the Hebrew Bible -
Book of Tobit
3rd/2nd century BCE Jewish tale of Tobit’s son Tobias’s journey with the angel Raphael, considered canonical in Catholicism and in Eastern Christianity -
Second Book of Chronicles
book of the Christian Old Testament corresponding to the second half of the Book of Chronicles in the Hebrew Bible - Written 1835 CE
Book of Abraham
religious text of some Latter Day Saint churches -
Genesis 32 ↗
Book of Genesis, chapter 32 -
Genesis 14 ↗
Book of Genesis, chapter 14 -
Genesis 24 ↗
Book of Genesis, chapter 24 -
Genesis 25 ↗
Book of Genesis, chapter 25 -
Genesis 28 ↗
Book of Genesis, chapter 28 -
Genesis 26 ↗
Book of Genesis, chapter 26 -
Genesis 31 ↗
Book of Genesis, chapter 31 -
Genesis 35 ↗
Book of Genesis, chapter 35 -
Midrash Rabba
part of or the collective whole of specific aggadic midrashim on the books of the Torah and the Five Megillot -
Genesis 48 ↗
Book of Genesis, chapter 48 -
Kuando el Rey Nimrod ↗
song -
Tanhuma
name given to three different collections of Torah aggadot (2 extant, 1 known only through citations) -
The Cave
multimedia opera in three acts by Steve Reich to an English libretto by Beryl Korot.
Also in films, games and series: Abraham, Once Upon a Time... Man
Recorded events
What Abraham’s own record names in its history. None of the statements carries a date.
Recorded, with no date on the statement
Connections
Affiliation 3
Identification 1
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