Abrahamic Covenant - Abrahamic Covenant

Japanese: アブラハム契約 - あぶらはむけいやく
Abrahamic Covenant - Abrahamic Covenant

...On the other hand, according to the Old Testament, the origin of the nation can be traced back to the migration of the Hebrew Abraham from Mesopotamia to Canaan four or five centuries earlier. The nomadic Abraham was promised by Yahweh, who later became the God of Israel, to give the land of Canaan to his descendants (the Abrahamic Covenant). The three generations of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob were the founding fathers of the nation, known as patriarchs, but according to tradition, Jacob was also known as Israel, and his 12 sons were the eponymous ancestors of the 12 tribes of Israel. ...

From [Judaism]


【history】

[Ancient Israel]
The prehistory of the Jewish people begins with the migration of Abraham, a Hebrew chosen by God, to Canaan (later Palestine) at the beginning of the 2nd millennium BCE. The nomadic Abraham received a promise from God to give the land of Canaan to his descendants (the Abrahamic Covenant). Based on this covenant, Canaan became the Promised Land for the chosen Jewish people.

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Abrahamic Covenant" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…他方,旧約聖書によると,民族の起源は,それより4,5世紀前に,ヘブライ人アブラハムがメソポタミア地方からカナンへ移住して来た事件に求められる。遊牧民アブラハムは,のちにイスラエルの神になったヤハウェから,彼の子孫にカナンの地を与えると約束された(〈アブラハム契約〉)。アブラハム,イサク,ヤコブの3代は族長と呼ばれる民族草創の父祖であるが,ヤコブを民族の直接の先祖とする伝承により,ヤコブの別名はイスラエル,その12人の子らはイスラエル12部族の名祖であったと説明される。…

【ユダヤ教】より


【歴史】

[古代イスラエル時代]
 前2千年紀初頭に,神に選ばれたヘブライ人アブラハムが,カナン(のちのパレスティナ)へ移住したできごとによって,ユダヤ民族の前史は始まる。遊牧民アブラハムは,彼の子孫にカナンの地を与えるという神の約束を受けた(〈アブラハム契約〉)。この契約に基づき,カナンは〈選民〉ユダヤ民族の〈約束の地〉になった。…

※「アブラハム契約」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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