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Hermetic traditions of Harran and Abraham (1)

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Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list) Harran 12 Assyrian Identity 12.03 Assyrian identity in Christian Era 12.03.02 Continuity of “Old Faith” beside Christianity 12.03.02.01 Harran Sabians 12 Assyrian Identity 12.03 Assyrian identity in Christian Era 12.03.02 Continuity of “Old Faith” beside Christianity 12.03.02.02 Sabians	Keywords Abraham Harran
Period 8th century CE	Channel Islamic philosophers and scholars

Text
al-Kisa’i:
Abraham came to Harran and attempted to convert the Sabians, who possessed writings that had been handed down from Seth and Idris. Idris had revealed to his son: “know you are a Sabian.” Some of the Harranians accepted the faith of Abraham, but some refused saying: “How can we believe you, since you read no Book?” Those who did not follow Abraham have remained in the neighbourhood of Harran, and declare, “we acknowledge the religion of Seth, Idris and Noah.”

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al-Kisa’i

Bibliography

Chwolsohn 1856, II 547	Chwolsohn, D. Die Ssabier und der Ssabismus. 2 Vols. Saint Petersburg: Buchdrückerei der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften 1856.
Green 1992, 13	Green, Tamara. The City of the Moon God, Religious Traditions of Harran. Religions in the Graeco-Roman World 114. Leiden, New York, Cologne: E. J. Brill 1992.

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