We read about the patriarchs in Genesis 12-50, and many later authors of books from the Old and New Testament mention them ...

1:25). At that time, pagan nonbelief was ubiquitous. It had even infected those who descended from Patriarch Abraham. The Lord speaks through Joshua to the Jews: "our fathers dwelt on the other side ...

In the new biography Abraham: The First Jew, Anthony Julius makes the case for the patriarch as the first “self-authored ...

Therefore Abraham, Isaac and Jacob are known as Israel’s patriarchs. Abraham is believed to be the founder of Judaism and he made a covenant with God, which still exists for Jews today.

University archaeologists believe they have uncovered the site where in the 19th century before Christ the patriarchs Abraham and Jacob worshipped, where Joshua rallied the tribes of Israel ...