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Questions about Abraham

To any Rabbis

I got these questions I would like to ask.

1)What is the name of Abraham father?

2)Was Abraham parents Idol worshiper?

3)Do Jews consider Lot and king David as prophets?

4)Was all prophets in the Jewish tradition good men or was there bad prophets as well?

Please reply if you can.

Yours sincerely

Costas

Answers:

1. Terah (Genesis Chap. 24).

2. Yes (Bereishit Rabbah 38:13).

3. Lot – no; King David – not a full prophet, but somebody who was blessed with a Divine spirit.

4. Yet, all true prophets were good men – though they were all different from one another, and their different personalities are reflected in the different styles of their prophecies. True prophets were never bad (with the exception of Balaam), and the only bad prophet is a false one.

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