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ABRAHAM, TESTAMENT OF

A pseudepigraphal book in which Abraham learns from the archangel Michael that the time has come for his death. Abraham, however, refuses to die, using his privileged position as the friend of God to forestall the inevitable. The story thus departs from an anticipated deathbed gathering (a testament) to become apocalyptic in nature as Abraham tours the inhabited world and journeys to the scene of the judgment. The principal theme is that God is compassionate and patient with sinners, desiring that all repent and live. At the end of the story, God sends the angel Death, who takes Abraham’s soul by trickery.

The text exists in a long (Recension A) and short (Recension B) form. The original Jewish text was probably written in a semitizing Greek in Egypt ca. 100 c.e.

Bibliography. E. P. Sanders, “Testament of Abraham,” OTP 1:871-902.

Randal A. Argall






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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