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Jiang reads the Quran as telling Abrahamic factions that they are all children of God and should stop fighting over later sectarian differences.
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Abraham
The Abrahamic covenant begins as a loyalty contract, but Abraham's argument over Sodom turns the relationship into debate rather than simple servitude.
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The Abrahamic covenant begins as a loyalty contract, but Abraham's argument over Sodom turns the relationship into debate rather than simple servitude.
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Abraham's bargaining with Yahweh makes divine-human friendship depend on honest argument rather than passive obedience.
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Abraham is presented as the origin of Israel as chosen people and the promised land.
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Jiang reads the Quran as evidence that Muhammad's message was to collapse Jewish and Christian divisions into Abrahamic monotheism.
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He defines the promised land in this Abrahamic frame as the territory from the Nile to the Tigris, especially the broader Middle East, not merely modern Israel.
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Jiang presents Christians, Jews, and Muslims as Abrahamic kin through Sarah, Hagar, Isaac, and Ishmael, making Islam part of a family story rather than an isolated new religion.
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The Abrahamic covenant is presented as a contractual promise: allegiance to Yahweh is exchanged for descendants, land from the Nile to the Euphrates, and circumcision as the covenant mark.
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"O people of the book, why do you argue about Abraham when the Torah and the Gospel were not revealed until after him? Why..."
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"...tells Muhammad, you're all children of God. You're all descendants of Abraham. Therefore, why are you guys fighting? You guys should be working together,..."
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"...to do is this I need to build a nation you, Abraham is their patriarch or their forefather and so Yahweh says to Abraham..."
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"Abrahamic covenant now what's interesting is the relationship between Abraham and Yahweh okay you would think that Abraham would just be a slave and..."
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"...like yeah i think you're right okay so they agree so abraham says um if there's 50 people who are righteous you cannot destroy..."
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"...i will not destroy it okay this is what yahweh promises abraham so in other words it's not that yahweh and abraham it's not..."
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"a man named abraham and abraham of course is the father of a nation called israel and so this is a third covenant god..."
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"...the Christians and the Jews. Okay? Why do you argue about Abraham when the Torah and the Gospel were not revealed until after him?..."
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"Allah knows and you do not know. Abraham was neither a Jew nor a Christian, but he was a monotheist, a Muslim. Okay? So,..."
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"...one big family why because in the bible it says that abraham made a covenant with yahweh yahweh abraham swore allegiance to yahweh in..."
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"...that's what the promised land is now this is important because abraham had a wife sarah sarah for most of a lot of her..."
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"abraham okay so this is what so this is what this is saying so even though we don't have that many written sources about..."
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