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Abraham the Monk
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
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A Palestinian friar who lived in a monastery on Mount Sinai. He was born about the close of the sixth century, and became a convert to Judaism about 615. As a Christian, he spent his life in penance and prayer. Doubts as to the Christian dogma grew in his mind, and, after a prelonged struggle, he deserted his cell in the monastery on Sinai and wandered through the desert into Palestine, finally reaching Tiberias. Here he submitted to circumcision and became a Jew, receiving the name Abraham, by which he was subsequently known.
Bibliography:
- Bibliotheca Patrum, ed. Leyden, 12:265;
- Grätz, Gesch. d. Juden, 5:26,388.
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Bibliography Information
Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Abraham the Monk'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/a/abraham-the-monk.html. 1901.
Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Abraham the Monk'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/a/abraham-the-monk.html. 1901.
