Abraham was born and raised in Ur of the Chaldees, a city in southern Mesopotamia, a commercial and cultural center at that time. Civilization had begun to grow, reaching a relatively high degree of progress.
Abraham
The time coincides with the first Babylonian Empire and a very prominent figure: Hammurabi, which left a very advanced code of laws for the time, which ruled for a long time all over the Middle East. Moreover, one of the most relevant characteristics of those times was idolatry, which had developed impetuously from the rebellion of the post-flood in the tower of Babel.
Ur, specifically, was a center of worship of gods and Ningal WITHOUT moles or Nanna, as the city of Haran, where Abraham was to stop. The cult Ningal (the Babylonian Ishtar, the Egyptian Isis, the Astatrté or Canaanite Astarte, Diana of the Ephesians and the former Aphrodite or Venus of the Greeks and Romans) deified sex, had a regular practice of "sacred prostitution ", which stated that, at least once in life every woman should Mesopotamian prostitute in honor of the Deity. Ningal Temples, Sin, Ishtar and other priests had similar deities and priestesses practicing responsible sexual practices of different kinds, including homosexuality.
Amid this time and in the midst of that city, born Abraham, one of the few in his time retained the primitive belief of monotheism was a faithful to God despite the negative conditions around him.
Llanes, Luis E. Light and Truth Ministry . Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina. Edited by EDITION: Rancho Cucamonga, California, USA
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