Motif
Abraham as primordial monotheist ancestor
abraham_as_primordial_monotheist_ancestor
A motif of the Primordial Sacrifice and Dismemberment family, within the sub-family Abraham as Primordial Monotheist Ancestor. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) CHAPTER II. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER III. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 11298-11387 confidence: high
The people of scripture are asked why they dispute about Abraham when the Law and Gospel were sent down after him, and why they dispute about what they do not know; God knows and they do not.
Abraham is described as prior to the Law and Gospel, neither Jew nor Christian, resigned to God, and the spiritual kin of the prophet's followers.
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