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ABRAHAM - Father of Three Faiths
National Geographic ^
| December 2001
| Tad Szluc
Posted on 12/01/2001 8:04:47 PM PST by Phil V.
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To: Thinkin' Gal
thanks anda bump
To: MHGinTN
>The only religion that could lay claim to Abraham being the father of it would be Judaism, since that is the only 'religion' he practiced
More like PRE-Judaism, since Abraham was not a Jew. Neither was Jacob/Israel nor the 12 sons. They were all Hebrews, and Israelites, but there were no Jews until the Southern Kingdom was formed ~922BC.
To: RnMomof7
>I believe we are ingrafted into the family tree of Abraham by faith..
No need to go that route. We (Europeans and Americans) are in the direct genetic line, just like our Jewish cousins. (See Profile.)
To: hogwaller
possibly comes from Alah
No allah is the moon god...El is lord!
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12/06/2001 7:52:21 PM PST
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RnMomof7
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To: hogwaller
Allah is derived from al Ilah, the Meccan local designation used to convey 'the main god of my household' in the time of Mohammed, prior to his effort to unite the polytheistic culture under onbe God. When al-ilah was cited, it referred generically to the one among many gods that the household worshipped. The derivation might also be traceable to the Hindu pantheon.
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