The Talmud, expanding on the Biblical account, tells us that Abraham discovered the One-God while he lived in the house of his father Terach.
Was everybody before him just too worthless to have a God named after him?
Poor Adam, he must have been royally pissed.
2007-06-28 15:29:08 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Talmud is a flawed human attempt at explanation of the Bible. Abraham didn't find God. God called Abe.
Adam was loved by God, but his sin brought suffering and death to all of humanity.
He's called the God of Abraham, because Abraham is the father of all who believe and follow God by faith.
2007-06-28 15:32:55 · answer #1 · answered by TEK 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Abraham made a covenant with God. His household and decendants became the chosen people. Although there were people before Abraham (Adam & Noah for example) who knew the one true God, the most common reference in the OT toward God (after the Abrahamic covenant) was as the God of Abraham. This helped to differentiate between the one true God and the many pagan gods that were worshipped at the time.
2007-06-28 22:36:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
During Abraham's time, everyone was still a bunch of polytheistic pagans. In fact, even Abraham was polytheistic. However, he was the first to acknowledge one God as the greatest God of all. He was the first to discover this God, so everyone called God the "God of Abraham." The belief of only one God comes later in the Bible.
As for Adam, most Christians know and accept that story to only be a myth. It reveals some God inspired possible explanations, but it's fictional.
2007-06-28 22:34:17 · answer #3 · answered by cantstop929 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Abraham listened to him and showed great faith that all nations would be blessed by his seed, Adam rebelled and bought sin into the world, Abraham obey so far that he was willing to sacrifice his only son by birthright to god...
2007-06-28 22:34:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Genesis 17:7 Â And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
8 Â And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
Hope this helps.
GOD bless
2007-06-28 22:37:29 · answer #5 · answered by Exodus 20:1-17 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋