Abraham, also known as Abram is most commonly known for being the Father of the Jewish people. The majority of the information found on Abraham is located in the Old Testament's Book of Genesis. Other than that, there are no real historical records on the life of Abraham, so the history of h...

The trickster figure features prominently in the Book of Genesis, from the wife/sister narratives of Abram and Isaac, to the persistently deceptive natures of Jacob and Laban. As prominent as the trickster figure is in The Book of Genesis, no other characters are shown to be as inherently deceptive ...

Translations often led to misinterpretations, allowing the translator to impose his own view of the text into the original. This leads to controversy in almost every rendition of ancient works. Any translator can read into and almost rewrite the original work with what they deem true by extracti...

A close examination of the Bible reveals that Moses' accomplishments are much more grandiose/ambitious than those of Abraham. By contrast, one could dispute this claim with the notion that Moses and Abraham have the same basic mission from God, and the same basic relationship with God: they are bot...