Abraham the Patriarch

only spread so far among the surrounding pagan peoples that the Kings and Princes of Palestine recognized him as a divine Prince and sought his alliance from all sides (after he, through that famous march and glorious victory over the King of Elam The author refers to the biblical account in Genesis 14, where Abraham defeated Chedorlaomer, King of Elam, to rescue his nephew Lot., had wiped the envy from their hearts, as if with the blood of those tyrants); but after his death, his name grew steadily greater, providing work for the pens of both sacred and secular historians. Through so many centuries until this very time, his name is preserved in blessed and reverent memory, not only among the Jews, who recognize Abraham as their physical forefather; and among all Christian nations, who recognize him as their spiritual Father of Faith; but even among the Muslims original: "Mahomethanen"; a historical term for followers of Islam..

Of my great Hero of Faith, Abraham, mention is made not only by the oldest and most faithful historian, the divine Moses, and all the holy Prophets, Evangelists, and Apostles; but also by Jesus son of Sirach Referring to the Book of Sirach or Ecclesiasticus in the Apocrypha.; and the Jewish historian Josephus, who, at the beginning of his detailed account, brings forward the praiseworthy testimonies regarding Abraham from the Chaldean historian Berosus Berosus was a 3rd-century BCE Babylonian writer; Josephus cites him to provide external historical validation for the biblical patriarchs.; from the Greek