Abraham : the first historical biography - Rosenberg, David, 1943- (New York : Basic Books, 2006)
The history of Abraham -- Out of Sumer -- The original audience in Jerusalem -- What will history be now? -- A portable culture -- The meaning of journeys -- The call -- The education of Abraham -- Contracts -- The journey -- Promised Land -- The witness -- The cosmic theater in Ur and Harran -- Arranging a child -- The court of the world -- Acting out the drama -- The survivors -- The influence of the writing prophets -- Inheritance and the threat of extinction -- Death and burial.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-321) and index.
Includes author's English translation of Hebrew texts from the book of Genesis about Abraham.
Keywords: Abraham -- (Biblical patriarch); Bible. -- History of Biblical events; Patriarchs (Bible) -- Biography; Middle Eastern literature -- Relation to the Old Testament; J document (Biblical criticism); E document (Biblical criticism); Sumer -- Religion