Abraham (NOT LINCOLN!)?

Question

When did Abraham (in the Bible) live???????

Answer 1

According to the biblical chronology, god's call to Abraham was in 1921 BCE.

In reality, he is probably more myth than reality. It may be total myth like Romulus and Remus or embellished reality like King Arthur. There is no real way of determining it.

Answer 2

According to calculations directly derived from the Masoretic Hebrew Torah, Abraham was born 1,948 years after biblical creation and lived for 175 years (Genesis 25:7), which would correspond to a life spanning from 1812 BC/BCE to 1637 BC/BCE by Jewish dating. The figures in the Book of Jubilees have Abraham born 1,876 years after creation, and 534 years before the Exodus; the ages provided in the Samaritan version of Genesis agree closely with those of Jubilees before the Deluge, but after the Deluge, they add roughly 100 years to each of the ages of the Patriarchs in the Masoretic Text, resulting in the figure of 2,247 years after creation for Abraham's birth. The Greek Septuagint version adds around 100 years to nearly all of the patriarchs' births, producing the even higher figure of 3,312 years after creation for Abraham's birth.


[edit] History of dating attempts

Answer 3

By jewish tradition, abraham was born in the year 1948 from creation or 3819 years ago (1812 BCE). According to the bible, he lived for 175 years.

Answer 4

Long long ago, before the Arabian peninsula was populated. Around the time when Sodom and Gomorrah, the area now known as the Dead sea, experienced a devastating earthquake and a rain of lava and brimstone.

During the Mesopotamian civilization, probably.

Answer 5

I don't know the exact year. It was in Genesis 12, I think, that he is first mentioned as Abram, then God changes his name to Abraham in Genesis 17, he dies in in Genesis 25.