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I've heard/read that according to tradition, the Book of Abraham is the Sefer
Yetzirah. Sometimes, the Testament of Abraham is identified instead.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Testament_of_Abraham
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sefer_Yetzirah
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Also, there are three Books of Enoch.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Enoch
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Book_of_Enoch
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3_Enoch
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On Feb 1, 2013, at 13:48, Hasan Elías hasanel...@yahoo.com wrote:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_languages_by_first_written_accounts
When did he live anyway and what language did he speak? Given the fact that
Adam is believed to have lived
around 3761 BCE or 3616 BCE or somewhere within that time frame it's likely he
lived
.
Gary
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Subject: Re: What was/is Abraham's Book or Religion?
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I've heard/read that according to tradition
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The Quran actually mentions [*87.19*] The scriptures of* Ibrahim* and
Musa. after quoting / paraphrasing from the same.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suhuf_Ibrahim
There are also some interesting apocryphal, pseudepigraphal works
associated with Abraham:
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Also, in terms of the religion of Noah or Abraham, I wouldn't advocate this
per se, but Orthodox Judaism has the interesting concept of the Noachide
religion which they view as mankind's eternal religion which existed before
Moses received the Torah and which
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Bahá'u'lláh says this: The Prophets 'endowed with constancy', whose loftiness
and glory shine as the sun, were each honoured with aBook which all have seen,
and the verses of which have been duly ascertained.
Abraham is considered a Manifestation of God in the bahá'í
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Abraham is considered a follower of the Sabean religion (although it is not
specified if it was as the same fashion of Jesus, when He was a Jewish
before God revealed His mission), even if that is truth the Founder of
Sabean religion is believed to be Enoch, but
