Was Abraham in the Bible a fictional person?

Answer 1

Yes, Abraham was a historical person, and revered by Jews, Christians, and Muslims, because,

he was the first person who started to teach against pagan religions and superstitions.

Answer 2

Abraham was a historical person, as recorded in the Book of Genesis (ch.11-25); and his gravesite is known to this day, in the Machpelah at Hebron, Israel. He is revered by Jews, Christians, and Muslims. The Jewish people have attested to his existence for 3800 years, and his name is mentioned by several ancient non-Jewish historians as far back as 2,300 years ago. These include Berosus, Alexander Polyhistor, Melo, Eupolemus, Artapanus, Hecateus, and Nicolaus Damascenus.

Answer 2

There is much in The Bible to show that Abraham was not a real, historical person. Abraham is supposed to have lived before 2000 BCE, but the biblical account contains references to nations and cities that could not have existed at that time. The Philistines only settled in Palestine around 1200 BCE, yet Abraham travelled on foot to their land and met their kings. Edom, supposedly founded by Esau, did not become a political entity until the eighth century BCE. The Bible assumes the use of camels for transport. The Chaldeans did not enter southern Babylon from the Arabian Peninsula until around 700 BCE. Finkelstein and Silberman say that camels were only domesticated late in the second millennium and came into widespread use by 7th century BCE, or a little earlier.

Genesis 11:31 reports that Abraham's father, Terah took Abraham, and his grandson Lot the son of Haran, from Ur in Chaldea to Harran in southeastern Turkey, on the way to Canaan. That Ur and Harran were the two principal cities of the moon god, Sin, is on the surface is a strange coincidence and suggests a deeper significance. There is much in the stories of the Hebrew Patriarchs that suggests that they themselves were once personifications of the moon god.

For more information, please see:

http://christianity.answers.com/theology/the-hebrew-patriarchs-in-history-and-tradition

Answer 3

Abraham was a historical person, as recorded in the Book of Genesis; and his gravesite is known to this day, in the Machpelah at Hebron, Israel. He is revered by Jews, Christians, and Muslims. The Jewish people have attested to his existence for 3800 years, and his name is mentioned by several ancient non-Jewish historians as far back as 2,300 years ago. For details:

Abraham's world

A biography of Abraham

Archaeology and the Hebrew Bible

Answer 4

Abraham was a historical person, as recorded in the Book of Genesis (ch.11-25); and his gravesite is known to this day, in the Machpelah at Hebron, Israel. He is revered by Jews, Christians, and Muslims. The Jewish people have attested to his existence for 3800 years, and his name is mentioned by several ancient non-Jewish historians as far back as 2,300 years ago. These include Berosus, Alexander Polyhistor, Melo, Eupolemus, Artapanus, Hecateus, and Nicolaus Damascenus.For more, see the Related Links.

Link: A biography of Abraham

Link: Archaeology and the Hebrew Bible

Link: Refuting the Bible-critics

Answer 5

According to Jewish tradition, Adam, Cain, Abel, Methuselah, Noah, Abraham, Sarah, Ishmael,
Isaac, Rebecca, Jacob, Rachel, Leah, Esau, Laban, Joseph, Benjamin, Judah, Levi, Menasha, Efraim,
Pharoah, Potiphar, Moses, Aaron, Joshua, Deborah, Samson, Saul, Jonathan, David, Solomon, and
many many others appearing in the same set of books were real people.