The aim of this lecture, which reports on the professor's current research, was to analyze the biblical story of Abraham (Genesis 11:27-25:31) and to reconstruct the socio-historical contexts in which the various texts on Judaism's founding ancestor came into being.
Why did Abraham become the ancestor par excellence in whom the three monotheistic religions found each other? Of course, in each of the three religions, he plays different roles, but for all three, he remains a fundamental point of reference. This role is largely explained by the accounts of Abraham in Genesis, which present him as an ecumenical figure and, at the same time, with several aspects that are valued differently depending on the era and religious sensibilities
religious sensibilities.