The medieval exegete Abraham ibn Ezra believed that Job was translated from another language and it is therefore unclear " like all translated books " ( Ibn Ezra Job 2: 11 ).

Followers of Hutton were known as Plutonists because they believed that some rocks were formed by vulcanism, which is the deposition of lava from volcanoes, as opposed to the Neptunists, led by Abraham Werner, who believed that all rocks had settled out of a large ocean whose level gradually dropped over time.

The focus of religion in Mecca was the Ka ' aba, a stone building believed to have been built by Adam at the beginning of time, and rebuilt by the Prophet Abraham and his son Ishmael.

), Shem is believed to have been Melchizedek, King of Salem whom Abraham is recorded to have met after the battle of the four kings.

Ur is considered by many to be the city of Ur Kasdim mentioned in the Book of Genesis ( Biblical Hebrew ) as the birthplace of the Hebrew patriarch Abram ( Abraham ; Aramaic: Oraham, Arabic: Ibrahim ), traditionally believed to be sometime in the 2nd millennium BC.

Abraham then, in a clever taunt, asked the people as to why they do not ask the largest of the idols, which, they believed, could indeed hear and speak.

Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Sarah, Rebecca, and Leah, considered the Patriarchs and Matriarchs of the Jewish people, are all believed to be buried there.

It is believed that Abraham Lincoln stayed at the Inn.

The first permanent settlements in the valley are believed to have been built by Mormon pioneers including Abraham Marchant, John Lambert, and John Pack who settled under the direction of Brigham Young.

Legend has it that Pickett's West Point appointment was secured for him by Abraham Lincoln, but this is largely believed to be a story circulated by his widow following his death.

who is believed to have killed over 200 patients in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, claimed at least one of his victims while working as a doctor at the Abraham Ormerod Medical Centre between March 1974 and September 1975.

The argument of those early scholars who believed it was Isaac rather than Ishmael ( notably Ibn Ḳutayba, and al-Ṭabarī ) was that " God's perfecting his mercy on Abraham and Isaac " () referred to his making Abraham his friend and saving him from the burning bush, and to his rescuing Isaac.

Commentators and scholars believed that Abraham himself had many children, but Ishmael and Isaac were the only two who became prophets.

Abraham then, in a clever taunt, asked the people as to why they don't ask the largest of the idols, which, they believed, could indeed hear and speak.

Abraham was than rewarded with a momentous sacrifice, which is usually believed to have been a ram, goat or sheep.

The Kaaba, which remains the most significant Mosque in Islam, is believed to have been constructed by Abraham and Ishmael.

Although tradition recounts that Adam constructed the original Kaaba, which was demolished by the Great Flood at the time of Noah, Abraham is believed to have rebuilt it in its original form.

Sarah is believed to be buried in the Cave of the Patriarchs ( known by Muslims as the Sanctuary of Abraham ).

The higher and more distinctively Christian form of religion is set forth in ' Fear and Trembling, the message of which is illustrated by the fact that Abraham was commanded to do what was ethically wrong, i. e., to kill Isaac, and obeyed in virtue or a personal relation to God ; he had faith — he staked the earthly, and yet believed that he should possess it still.

Abraham believed by virtue of the absurd, whereby the impossible will happen and all human calculation is abandoned.

This is continued by the eulogy on Abraham as “ the father of faith ” who believed by virtue of the absurd.

There are very important pieces of work done on the Urfa cuisine as it is widely believed that Urfa is the birthplace of many dishes, including Raw Kibbé ( Çiğ Köfte ), that according to the legend, was crafted by no-one else but the Prophet Abraham himself from the ingredients he had in hand.

These three propositions were further developed by his followers, who maintained that God revealed Himself in a threefold revelation, the first in the Biblical patriarch Abraham, marking the epoch of the Father ; the second in Jesus Christ, who began the epoch of the Son ; and the third in Amalric and his disciples, who inaugurated the era of the Holy Ghost.

David A. Clines, in his influential The Themes of the Pentateuch ( 1978 ), identified the overarching theme of the five books as the partial fulfilment of a promise to made by God to the patriarchs, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

The next is between God and Abraham, and the third between God and all Israel at Mount Sinai.

According to the Bible, God commanded Abraham in the Binding of Isaac to sacrifice his son, but ultimately provided a ram as a substitute.

Three angels hosted by Abraham by Ludovico Carracci: The three angels represent the Godhead ( Christianity ) | three persons of God.

Divine revelation for the direction of the entire church comes from God to the President of the Church, who is viewed by Latter-day Saints as a prophet in the same sense as Noah, Abraham, Moses, Peter, and other biblical leaders.

At the directive of God / Allah, Prophet Abraham took Hagar as a concubine with the permission of his wife Sarah, who was infertile ( according to Islamic sources ).

Traditionally, both Judaism and Christianity believe in the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, for Jews the God of the Tanakh, for Christians the God of the Old Testament, the creator of the universe.

It is the stage of Abraham our father whom the Holy One, blessed be God, called " My friend " ( Isaiah 41: 8 — ohavi

This position has been softened by some adherents, or completely rejected by other churches where Jews are recognized to have a special status due to their covenant with God through Abraham, so this continues to be an area of ongoing dispute among Christians.

Christadelphians believe that he will return to the earth in person to set up the Kingdom of God in fulfilment of the promises made to Abraham and David.

" God tells Moses to return to Egypt and lead the Hebrews into Canaan, the land promised to Abraham.

Israel is elected for salvation because the " sons of Israel " are " the firstborn son " of the God of Israel, descended through Shem and Abraham to the chosen line of Jacob whose name is changed to Israel.

" Moved by a faith like that of Abraham ( Romans 4: 17, Hebrews 11: 19 ), Elijah prays that God might restore her son so that the veracity and trustworthiness of God's word might be demonstrated.

: " For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory ; but not before God.

The new post-Flood world is equally corrupt, but God does not destroy it, instead calling one man, Abraham, to be the seed of its salvation.

At God's command Abraham descends from his home into the land of Canaan, given to him by God, where he dwells as a sojourner, as does his son Isaac and his grandson Jacob.

The narrative is punctuated by a series of covenants with God, successively narrowing in scope from all mankind ( the covenant with Noah ) to a special relationship with one people alone ( Abraham and his descendants through Isaac and Jacob ).

The " patriarchal history " recounts the events of the major patriarchs Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to whom God reveals himself and to whom the promise of descendants and land is made, while the story of Joseph serves to take the Israelites into Egypt in preparation for the next book, Exodus.

God instructs Abram ( the future Abraham ) to travel from his home in Mesopotamia ( modern Iraq ) to the land of Canaan.

Abraham asks God that Ishmael " might live in Thy sight ," ( that is, be favoured ), but God replies that Sarah will bear a son, who will be named Isaac, through whom the covenant will be established.