Abraham's Axes
How the first monotheist intellectually escaped and dismantled idolatry
“A fugitive brought the news to Abram HaIvri (the Hebrew)”
Rabbi Yehuda says: [Why was he called Ivri? It derives from aver, side;] the entire world was on one side and Abraham was on the other.
Midrash Bereishis Rabbah 42:8 on Genesis 14:13
In a previous post, we discussed how the idol-worshipper and the Jew are spiritual opposites and natural enemies:
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