Though this theory intrigues, the author’s heavy reliance on midrashic sources to fill in the scriptural blanks (the Torah makes no mention of Abraham’s Ur period) comes across as cherry ...

The story of Abraham can be found in the Book of Genesis - the first book in the Christian Bible and in the Torah ... He lived with his family in Ur, believed to be in modern day Iraq.

“Abraham is the father of all prophets, he is the shared by Christians, Jews and Muslims.” Ur “is also the place where one of the earliest civilisations was born, where many of the sciences ...

I will make of you a great nation, And I will bless you. — Genesis 12:1-2 God instructed Abraham to leave his home and travel to Canaan, the Promised Land, which is today known as Israel.