According to Jewish tradition, Abraham was born under the name Abram in the city of Ur in Babylonia in the year 1948 from Creation (circa 1800 BCE). He was the son of Terach, an idol merchant, but from his early childhood, he questioned the faith of his father and sought the truth.
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PATRIARCHATE, or Nesiʾut, was the leading Jewish communal office in the Late Roman and Byzantine Empires, emerging soon after the destruction of the city and Temple of Jerusalem in 70 CE and disappearing ... A groundbreaking meeting between Pope Benedict XVI and the Russian Orthodox patriarch could take place within a year,
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As the decorator is walking out of the door he says to the Jewish guy: "Glad you're happy with the job mate. By the way, I took out all the guarantees that were in the little boxes and left them on the table for you " ... The Jewish Patriarch ... A Jewish patriarch was on the witness stand.
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Isaac, Abraham's son, was the second Patriarch of the Jewish People. ... Isaac (Yitzhak) was one of the Patriarchs (Avot) of the Jewish People.
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A hereditary Jewish Patriarch (residing in Tiberias in Palestine) was recognized both as a high dignitary in the official hierarchy of the Empire and as supreme chief of all the Jews in the Empire.
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The Jewish Patriarch (Nasi) in Third Century Palestine; by Lee I. Levine, Jerusalem; Table of Contents ... IV. The Powers and Prerogatives of the Patriarch 663 ... V. The Patriarch and Jewish Society 676...
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By a slim majority, a "jury" of 600-plus people voted to convict Abraham, religious patriarch, for the attempted murder of his son, Isaac. ... Three people abstained from the vote and one called for an appeal, while another Jewish juror expressed reluctance in rendering a guilty verdict for his ancestor.
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The Patriarch - A Jewish Family Saga New York, St. Martins Press, 1981, First Edition ed, Hard Cover, Condition: Near Fine, Jacket: Very Good, The Jewish Family Raeburn, sage begining in a Russian village 1892. From an American chateau on the Main Line to a kibbutz in Israel, New York's Lower East Side to posh mansions...
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David Klinghoffer's biography of the patriarch Abraham rides on a new wave of interest in the Bible, and a growing sense of the Abrahamic heritage that Christians, Jews and Muslims share. ... As a convert born to a non-Jewish mother but adopted by Jewish parents -- he discusses his spiritual odyssey in "The Lord Will Gather...
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JTA: The Global News Service of the Jewish People ... Latin Patriarch Michel Sabbah said in his annual Christmas message Wednesday that the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians has unleashed the “forces of evil” throughout the Middle East and that it was Israel’s job to fix it.
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