Synopses & Reviews
Traditions about the Early Life of Abraham represents the first in a series of books in the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies (FARMS) collection at Brigham Young University. Here the authors have assembled and translated more than 100 ancient and medieval stories from their original Hebrew, Greek, Latin, Persian, Coptic, and Egyptian sources, all in an effort to piece together the early life of Abraham. This unprecedented compilation sheds new light on the Book of Abraham as an authentic ancient text and will be a welcome resource for biblical and religious studies scholars.
About the Author
John A. Tvedtnes is a senior resident scholar with the Institute for the Study and Preservation of Ancient Religious Texts at Brigham Young University. Brian M. Hauglid is assistant professor of ancient scripture at Brigham Young University. John Gee is the William "Bill" Gay Assistant Research Professor of Egyptology at the Institute for the Study and Preservation of Ancient Religious Texts.
Table of Contents
AcknowledgementsEditor's Introduction Earliest Traditions about the Early Life of AbrahamHecataeusJudithPhilo the Epic PoetArtapanusEupolemusAnonymous Work
Siblline OraclesOrphica
JubileesPseudo-Philo
Genesis ApocryphonDamascus DocumentGenesis Commentary: 4QCommGen A
Jewish Traditions about the Early Life of AbrahamPhilo of Alexandria
Pirqe de Rabbi EliezerJosephus
BahirApocolypse of Abraham4 EzraMishnah
'Abot de Rabbi NathanTargum JonathanTargum Neofiti 1Targum Rishon of EstherHellenistic Synogogal PrayersTargum OnqelosTanna debe EliahuPesikta RabbatiSefer ha-RazimSefer YetzirahMidrash RabbahBabylonian Talmud
Book of NoahRashiMedieval
Testament of NaphtaliChronicles of JerahmeelBook of JasherZohar
The Story of Abraham Our Father from What Happened to Him with NimrodThe Story of AbrahamA Study (Midrash) of Abraham Our FatherRevelation of Moses Christian Traditions about the Early Life of AbrahamClementine RecognitionsGregory of Nyssa
Book of teh Cave TreasuresJohn ChrysostomJeromeEpiphaniusPhilaster of BresciaAugustine
Commentarium in GenesimJohn Malalas
Book of the RollsJacob of EdessaThe Venerable BedeAlcuin
Expositio super septem visiones libri ApocalypsisConflict of Adam and Eve with SatanGeorge Syncellus
De computoAnonymous Christian ChronicleRabanaus MaurusFeculphus Lexoviensis
Glossa ordinariaGeorge HamartolosAngelomus LuxoviensisICatena SeveriSyriac Commentary on GenesisSa'id ibs Batriq (Eutychius)Mahbub of Menbidj (Agapius)Symeon LogothetesIbn al-TayyibRupertus TuitensisHugh of St. VictorHerveus BurgidolensisIoannes ZonarasMichael the SyrianMichael GlycasPetrus ComestorGeorgius Cedrenus
Book of the BeeBar HebraeusNicophorus Gregoras
Kebra NagastEthiopic
Story of JosephBakhayla Mikael (Zosimas)Armenian Paraphrase of GenesisArmenian
QuestionAbel and Other Pieces Muslim Traditions about the Early Life of Abraham Qur'anKa'b al-AhbarIbn IshaqIshaq ibn BishrAl-BukhariAl-Ya'qubiAl-TabariAl-Mas'udiAl-MaqdisiAl-Tha'labiAl-BiruniAl-TarafiAl-Kisa'iAl-NisaburiAl-ZamakhshariRawandiIbn al-JawziIbn al-AthirAl-BaidawiAbu al-FidaAl-RabghuziIbn KathirOther Muslim Traditions about the Prophet Abraham
Other Traditions about the Early Life of AbrahamAsatirVettius ValensFirmicus MaternusFalasha Story
Story of Qiqel and the Death of Yahya AppendicesAppendix A: Excerpts from the Theban Cache and Other Egyptian TextsAppendix B: The Sufi Philosophers and KolobAppedix C: MS Huntington 388
Illustrations IndexesThematic IndexCitation IndexSubject IndexIllustration and Text CreditsAbout the EditorsAbout FARMS