Editing Abraham (section)

===Judaism===
In Jewish tradition, Abraham is called ''Avraham Avinu'' (אברהם אבינו), "our father Abraham", signifying that he is both the biological progenitor of the Jews and the father of Judaism, the first Jew.{{sfn|Levenson|2012|p=3}} His story is read in the weekly [[Torah]] reading portions, predominantly in the [[parashot]]: [[Lech-Lecha (parsha)|Lech-Lecha]] (לֶךְ-לְךָ), [[Vayeira (parsha)|Vayeira]] (וַיֵּרָא), [[Chayei Sarah (parsha)|Chayei Sarah]] (חַיֵּי שָׂרָה), and [[Toledot (parsha)|Toledot]] (תּוֹלְדֹת).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Held |first=Shai |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XzIxDwAAQBAJ |title=The Heart of Torah: Essays on the Weekly Torah Portion |date=2017 |publisher=U of Nebraska Press |isbn=978-0-8276-1333-1 |language=en}}</ref>

[[Hanan bar Rava]] taught in [[Abba Arikha]]'s name that Abraham's mother was named ʾĂmatlaʾy bat Karnebo.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bava Batra 91a|url=https://www.sefaria.org/Bava_Batra.91a|access-date=2021-03-08|website=www.sefaria.org|archive-date=30 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530091641/https://www.sefaria.org/Bava_Batra.91a|url-status=live}}</ref>{{Efn|MSS variants: ''bat Barnebo, bat bar-Nebo, bar-bar-Nebo, bat Karnebi, bat Kar Nebo''. Karnebo (''outpost of [[Nabu]]'') is attested as a [[Sumer]]ian theophoric place-name in [[Akkadian language|Akkadian]] inscriptions, including the [[Andre Michaux|Michaux stone]]. It referred to at least two separate cities in antiquity.<ref>Yamada, Shigeo. [https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/orient/40/0/40_56/_pdf "Karus on the Frontiers of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, Orient 40 (2005)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220521130027/https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/orient/40/0/40_56/_pdf |date=21 May 2022 }}"</ref> Rabbinic tradition connects Karnebo to the [[Biblical Hebrew]] Kar (כר ''lamb''), translating it ''[[Tumah and taharah|pure]] lambs''.<ref>[https://www.sefaria.org/Rashbam_on_Bava_Batra.91a.14.2?lang=bi "Rashbam on Bava Batra 91a:14:2"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220521122919/https://www.sefaria.org/Rashbam_on_Bava_Batra.91a.14.2?lang=bi |date=21 May 2022 }}. http://www.sefaria.org {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130202120144/http://www.sefaria.org/ |date=2 February 2013 }}. Retrieved 2021-03-08.</ref>}} [[Hiyya bar Abba]] taught that [[Abraham and the Idol Shop|Abraham worked in Teraḥ's idol shop]] in his youth.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bereishit Rabbah 38|url=https://www.sefaria.org/Bereishit_Rabbah.38|access-date=2021-03-11|website=www.sefaria.org|archive-date=11 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230711002906/https://www.sefaria.org/Bereishit_Rabbah.38|url-status=live}}</ref>

In ''[[Legends of the Jews]]'', God created heaven and earth for the sake of the merits of Abraham.{{sfn|Ginzberg|1909|loc=Vol I: The Wicked Generations}} After the [[Genesis flood narrative|biblical flood]], Abraham was the only one among the pious who solemnly swore never to forsake God,{{sfn|Ginzberg|1909|loc=Vol. I: In the Fiery Furnace}} studied in the house of [[Noah]] and [[Shem]] to learn about the "Ways of God",{{sfn|Jasher|1840|p=22|loc =Ch9, vv 5–6}} and continued the line of [[Kohanim|High Priest]] from Noah and Shem, assigning the office to [[Levi]] and [[Tribe of Levi|his seed]] forever. Before leaving his father's land, Abraham was miraculously saved from the fiery furnace of [[Nimrod]] following his brave action of breaking the idols of the [[Chaldea]]ns into pieces.{{sfn|Ginzberg|1909}} During his sojourning in Canaan, Abraham was accustomed to extend hospitality to travelers and strangers and taught how to praise God also knowledge of God to those who had received his kindness.{{sfn|Ginzberg|1909|loc=Vol. I: The Covenant with Abimelech}}

Along with [[Isaac]] and [[Jacob]], he is the one whose name would appear united with God, as [[God in Judaism]] is called ''Elohei Avraham, Elohei Yitzchak, vEilohei Ya'akov'' ("God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob").{{sfn|Ginzberg|1909|loc=Vol. I: Joy and Sorrow in the House of Jacob}} He was also mentioned as the father of thirty nations.{{sfn|Ginzberg|1909|loc=Vol. I: The Birth of Esau and Jacob}}