Editing Abraham (section)

=== Amorite origin hypothesis ===
According to [[Nissim Amzallag]], the Book of Genesis portrays Abraham as having an [[Amorites|Amorite]] origin, arguing that the patriarch's provenance from the region of [[Harran]] as described in {{Bibleverse|Genesis|11:31|KJV}} associates him with the territory of the Amorite homeland. He also notes parallels between the biblical narrative and the Amorite migration into the [[Southern Levant]] in the [[2nd millennium BCE]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Yahweh and the Origins of Ancient Israel: Insights from the Archaeological Record |last=Amzallag |first=Nissim |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2023 |isbn=978-1-009-31478-7 |page=76 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qee-EAAAQBAJ&pg=PA76}}</ref> Likewise, some scholars like [[Daniel E. Fleming]] and Alice Mandell have argued that the biblical portrayal of the Patriarchs' lifestyle appears to reflect the Amorite culture of the 2nd millennium BCE as attested in texts from the ancient city-state of [[Mari, Syria|Mari]], suggesting that the Genesis stories retain historical memories of the ancestral origins of some of the Israelites.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Future of Biblical Archaeology: Reassessing Methodologies and Assumptions |last=Fleming |first=Daniel E. |publisher=Eerdmans |year=2004 |isbn=978-0-8028-2173-7 |pages=193–232 |editor-last=Hoffmeier |editor-first=James K. |chapter=Genesis in History and Tradition: The Syrian Background of Israel's Ancestors, Reprise |editor-last2=Millard |editor-first2=Alan R. |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PUcs-FQv4uIC&pg=PA193 |archive-date=5 December 2024 |access-date=22 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241205133533/https://books.google.com/books?id=PUcs-FQv4uIC&pg=PA193 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=The Cambridge Companion to Genesis |last=Mandell |first=Alice |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2022 |isbn=978-1-108-42375-5 |pages=143–46 |editor-last=Arnold |editor-first=Bill T. |chapter=Genesis and its Ancient Literary Analogues |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-EpgEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA143 |archive-date=8 June 2024 |access-date=22 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608142040/https://books.google.com/books?id=-EpgEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA143 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Alan Millard]] argues that the name Abram is of [[Amorite language|Amorite]] origin and that it is attested in Mari as ''ʾabī-rām''. He also suggests that the Patriarch's name corresponds to a form typical of the Middle Bronze Age and not of later periods.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Patriarchal Names in Context |journal=Tyndale Bulletin |last=Millard |first=Alan |volume=75 |issue=December |pages=155–174 |year=2024 |doi=10.53751/001c.117657 |issn=2752-7042 |doi-access=free}}</ref>