I ask please for no quotes from scripture. I'm asking for any mythological or almost pre-history legends or stories that told of a man named Abraham or that had a similar style.
2007-03-17 12:20:38 · 17 answers · asked by Waddy 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I am not aware of any outside of the Bible, Jewish Scriptures, and the Koran. I am not aware of him doing anything that can be backed up by archeology.
I did find this, but I would say that it is up to the reader to decide whether they are the REAL Abraham, Isaac and Jacob so I leave that to you. Does the fact that the places he was supposed to have come from and lived in actually exhist. Does the fact clay tablets with those names help boost the other faith based scriptures? Remember some of the places were not found at the time of the KJV writting or the other scriptures.
Abraham & The Patriarchs
Abraham (2) was an extraordinarily important figure in the history of Israel, but also as an example of faith within the Christian writings. How do we know he really lived? How do we know his story was not just made up, a skillful story of one man’s journey for God?
We have tangible evidence that Abraham’s birthplace and hometown existed. The Bible tells us that Abraham was born in the city of Ur. Ur’s ruins can now be found in Mesopotamia, southern Iraq. Excavations, most notably by Sir Leonard Wooley (3), have shown Ur to be a prosperous trade city around 2000 BC. The book of Genesis tells us that Abraham's father Terah moving his family to Haran, a city in the northwestern portion of Mesopotamia. Excavations have proven that Haran was abandoned around 1800 BC.
We have tangible evidence placing Abraham in these locations at the time stated. A discovery made in 1975 in the ancient city of Ebla (4), yielded 17,000 clay tablets. Ebla was a powerful city in what is now Syria, in the region between Mesopotamia and Palestine. On these tablets, a number of names are recorded, including Isaac, Jacob, and Abraham, as well as the names of Abraham's father, grandfather and great grandfather, Terah, Nahor and Serug. These names are also known from other sources in Northwest Mesopotamia in both Babylonian and Old Assyrian texts.
2007-03-17 12:34:49 · answer #1 · answered by crimthann69 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Bible Archaeology often begins with the early cities of Abraham and the Patriarchs. Abraham's ancestral home of Ur, a powerful city-state of southern Mesopotamia, is mentioned four times in the Old Testament. Located in modern Iraq, Ur has been excavated on and off since the 1800s and has revealed a wealth of information about the pagan culture of Abraham's time. In Genesis 11:31, Abraham's father, Terah, moved his family north to Haran, an ancient city that exists in modern-day Turkey. Also found in that same area of Turkey are villages that still have the names of Abraham's grandfather and great grandfather, Nahor and Serug (Genesis 11:22).
2007-03-17 12:28:46 · answer #2 · answered by Br. Dymphna S.F.O 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's ironic that Abraham, coming from a culture that had access to writing, is not mentioned in other texts apart from the Bible and the Quran. Anyway, you have to bear in mind that it wasn't Abraham himself but his father the one who counted in Sumer. Abraham actually was brought up outside of his fatherh's native land, in the mountanouis region north of Iraq, and he wandered westward only after his father had died.
2007-03-17 12:29:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Quran or Koran (whichever spelling you prefer) also speaks of Abraham just like the King James version of the Christian Bible.
2007-03-17 12:25:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
There are millions of people in the world today who directly trace back their lineage to Abraham.
I have personally seen the site of Rachel's tomb in Bethlehem. In the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron are interred the remains of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Rebekah,Sarah and Leah. There are I suppose thousands of archaeological sites which claim a connection with Abraham or any of his thousands of descendants. I don't know what other kind of proof you are hoping to find.
2007-03-17 12:53:19 · answer #5 · answered by wefmeister 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
All I can tell you - and I'm looking- is that Abram, later known as Abraham was the patriarch of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Pretty hard to make that up.
I guess he IS the legend
2007-03-17 12:38:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The muslims believe that Abraham lived as do the jews, so when a total of 5 billion people ( the total of all christians jews and muslims)believe that someone lived and had a history, you can assume that it was true.
2007-03-17 12:25:13 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
No evidence outside of scripture. This includes the Bible and the Koran, and possibly extra-Biblical texts that were read by the Jews prior to compilation.
Other than scripture, there isn't (as far as I know) any historical evidence.
2007-03-17 12:30:17 · answer #8 · answered by Deirdre H 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If there was no account of Abraham's existence, how do you think we could know his name?
Regardless of what you think or what kind of answer you don't want, the Bible is the most reliable book of ancient history.
2007-03-17 12:47:08 · answer #9 · answered by supertop 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I am not from the middle east region, but the burial grounds of most prophets are known. For example, the burial chamber of aaron(pbuh) lay on top of a mount in Jordan. Many visit all of the time. Besides that, if you believe in GOD then you would not even question such an inquiry inshallah. PEACE!
2007-03-17 12:39:26 · answer #10 · answered by effectivecause 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋