![]() He began with the basic word for God, the generic Canaanite name for the cosmic deity, By the time we see him in Genesis 12 he is a monotheist, a worshipper of one God. ![]() 1 Abraham's ReligionĪbraham's faith grew as God revealed himself. Even the names of Abraham's relatives - Terah, Laban, Sarah, and Milcah - contain elements that reveal allegiance to the moon-god. Nanna, the moon-god, was the main deity of the SumerianĬity of Ur in Lower Mesopotamia and of Haran, where Abraham had Sumerian culture in southern Mesopotamia had seven of gods in its Religion, stole her father's "household gods" (Genesis 31:32-35 35:2-4). Jacob's wife Rachel, who probably grew up with Terah's Nahor, lived beyond the River and worshiped other gods" (JoshuaĢ4:2). Your forefathers, including Terah the father of Abraham and Abraham's ancestors were idolaters and polytheists The place to begin Abraham's understanding of God is with hisįamily. We'll explore titles by which God's exalted nature is revealed: Father of Glory, the High and Lofty One, King of Glory, and My Glory. But perhaps the earliest specific name by which Abraham worshipped the true God was as the Most High God (´ El ![]() Abraham would have known the generic name for God ( ´ēl or the plural We'll begin our study of the names and titles of God with Abraham, the Father of Faith, to whom God revealed himself somewhere in the Middle Bronze Age, about 2,000-1,900 BC. ![]()
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