TY - BOOK AU - Blenkinsopp,Joseph TI - Abraham: the story of a life SN - 9780802872876 AV - BS580.B647.B546 2015 PY - 2015/// CY - Grand Rapids, Michigan PB - William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company KW - Abraham N1 - 1 and indexes; 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; 2 N2 - In this discursive commentary Joseph Blenkinsopp explores the story of Abraham ER -