Phat writes:
My questions begin with this one: Was Abraham really talking with God?
It's a story Phat, just a story.
Just as with the Genesis 1 fable and the Genesis 2&3 tale, there is nothing really related to reality or GOD. They are all about rules for a given society and Just So Tales to explain why important things were. Since the Genesis 17 tale was written hundreds or even thousands of years before Islam existed of course it has absolutely nothing to do with Islam. Only fools and conmen would make such connections.
But the tribes were a reality and each tribe related to a particular patriarch who may even have actually existed.
Tribal associations often tend to try to create some order and patriarchy or matriarchy are two paths.
There's little there to ponder Phat.
Edited by jar, : appalin spallin