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Keep attending to my ghost and this land will be yours forever.

In this groundbreaking historical essay, Lamborelle takes us back to the Bronze Age and meticulously proceeds to the deconstruction of Abraham’s archetypal story. What if the patriarch turned out to be a historical figure? What if he had made a covenant with a Mesopotamian overlord who sought to secure an important trade route to Egypt? And what if the memory of this overlord had been elevated to the rank of deity through the cult of the ancestors? All elements of circumstance are explored: who, what, when, where, why, in what way, and by what means. The positions of the most respected scholars in the field are reviewed, analyzed, and discussed. The result is a comprehensive, economical, and fascinating synthesis of past research that will prove daunting to some but illuminating to all those coming to the realization that, all along, we have been blindsided by our assumptions, presuppositions, and confirmation biases.

Through this book, you will:

Explore state dynamics of the Bronze Age…

Including the critical trade routes that facilitated the exchange of goods between Mesopotamia and Egypt, and discover why their control was so crucial.

Learn about the cult of the dead…

And explore how land inheritance was intricately linked to caring for the spirits of the deceased, and how traces of this cult are found in the Bible.

Uncover how ‘Sarah’ was deified…

And came to be known as ‘Aluf Sarah’ and ‘Asherah’ in the Bible.

Explore how Abraham’s Lord…

Was in league with the four Eastern Kings and understand how this relationship is crucial to grasping the process of deification.

Discover how biblical chronologies…

Align perfectly with historical records once the sexagesimal to decimal conversion error introduced by scribes in the first millennium BCE is corrected.