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writers Alexander Polyhistor, Hecataeus, and Nicolaus of Damascus, who adds to his testimony that the name of Abraham remained famous in Damascus for a long time: to which one may add the Latin writer Justinus, or rather Trogus Pompeius, whom he abridged, mentioning Abraham as King of Damascus: and although some distortion of the truth The author suggests that while these secular accounts confirm Abraham's existence, they often contain legendary or historically inaccurate details, such as naming him a King of Damascus. may lie hidden here, no one should wonder that the fame of my Hero clung to that city for so long; since his victory over the Armenian Princes occurred essentially within its sight. We find even more extensively in the Church Father original: "Outvader," literally "Old Father." This refers to the early Christian bishops and scholars known as the Church Fathers. Eusebius the testimony of the aforementioned Greek writer Polyhistor, praised by that Church Father as a man of great spirit and deep learning; this man, in turn, cited in his History of the Jews the testimonies of Eupolemus, Artapanus, and Melo, who had written an entire book against the Jews: in which testimonies, without transcribing each one at length, one can find the truth confirmed of Abraham's birth in Ur of the Chaldeans; his Migration or Journey at God’s command; his Wisdom in the movement of the heavens original: "Hemelloop." Historical traditions often credited Abraham with teaching astronomy or astrology to the Egyptians and Phoenicians.; the Captivity of Lot,