Blenkinsopp, Joseph,  1927- <br/><br/>
Abraham :  the story of a life /  [print] 
Joseph Blenkinsopp. 
 - Grand Rapids, Michigan :  William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company,  (c)2015. 
 - xv, 240 pages ;  23 cm 
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<br/><br/>Preface: A word about reading --  Introduction: The figure of Abraham in the Bible and beyond --  The journey --  Sarah and Lot, wife and nephew --  The promise --  Hagar and Ishmael --  The covenant of circumcision --  Abraham entertains guests, Sodom is destroyed, Lot rescued --  In the land of Moriah --  Abraham's other beloved son --  The death and burial of Sarah and Abraham --  The marriage of Rebekah and Isaac --  Epilogue: Descent from Abraham in early Christianity and what it might mean for the Christian today. 
<br/><br/> In this discursive commentary Joseph Blenkinsopp explores the story of Abraham 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780802872876 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2015933853 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Abraham (Biblical patriarch) 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BS580.B647.B546 2015 BS580