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  • The First Historical Biography
  • By: David Rosenberg
  • Narrated by: A. C. Fellner
  • Length: 13 hrs and 31 mins
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Abraham

By: David Rosenberg
Narrated by: A. C. Fellner
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The world's three largest faiths all find a common root in one man: Abraham. Breaking new ground, David Rosenberg portrays Abraham as a man whose whole life, and therefore his legacy, is informed by the Sumerian culture that produced him. Abraham is a brilliant literary excavation of the ancient cultures from which our modern world has grown.
©2007 David Rosenberg (P)2009 Audible, Inc.
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"[A] compelling and moving interpretation that ponders the significance, for Abraham and his descendants, of his journey from Ur to Canaan, fraught with uncertainty for a man - expatriate, aging, childless - hanging between a lost past and a still unmapped future." (Publishers Weekly)

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If you're looking for a christian narrative you'll be disappointed. The author makes the point, all through the book, that belief in a god of salvation from sins is merely a cosmic theatre. A good narrative from ancient authors who are credited with bringing sumeric life and traditions to the hebrewic bible.

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  • 27-05-12

One of the best books I have experienced

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The book was an experience. Most insightful and fills in many blanks regarding Abraham. So glad I found it.

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