Apocalypse of Abraham

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Translated by G. H. Box and J. I. Landsman

33 chapters · about 35 min

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On the day when I planed the gods of my father Terah and the gods of Nahor his brother, when I was searching as to who the Mighty God in truth is — I, Abraham, at the time when it fell to my lot, when I fulfilled the services [the sacrifices) of my father Terah to his gods of wood and stone, gold and silver, brass and iron; having entered into their temple for service, I found the god whose name was Merumath (which was) hewn out of stone, fallen forward at the feet of the iron god Nahon. And it came to pass, when I saw it, my heart was perplexed, and I considered in my mind that I should not be able to bring him back to his place, I, Abraham, alone, because he was heavy, being of a large stone, and I went forth and made it known to my father. And he entered with me, and when both of us moved him (the god) forward, so that we might bring him back to his place, his head fell from him while I was still holding him by the head. And it came to pass, when my father saw that the head of Merumath had fallen from him, he said to me: “Abraham!” And I said: “Here am I.” And he said to me: “Bring me an axe, of the small ones, from the house.” And I brought it to him. And he hewed aright another Merumath out of another stone, without head, and the head which had been thrown down from Merumath he placed upon it, and the rest of Merumath he shattered.

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The words
G. H. Box and J. I. Landsman's English translation, copied word for word.
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  • Other material that isn't the author's
  • Notes and pages added by translators, editors or publishers, in 76 places
  • The title page and opening pages before chapter 1, in 2 places
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  • A preface, foreword or afterword, in 2 places
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