The Routledge Dictionary of Judaism
Viewed in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam as the first monotheist. With his wife, Sarah, he was the progenitor of Israel, the community formed by those who abandon idolatry and instead worship the one God.
Abraham was called by God to leave his country of origin and journey to the Holy Land, which God promised to his descendants (Genesis 12:1ff.). Abraham and Sarah obeyed and with them monotheism began in humanity. God made himself known to Abraham step by step through a series of trials; at each point, Abraham withstood the test and showed himself faithful.
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