Talk:Terah

message: In the article it says "He had two more sons, Haran, Nahor, and had one daughter, Sarah, by another wife (Genesis 20:12)."
So, did he have 2 more sons by the first wife and a daughter by another, or 2 sons and a daughter, all by a different wife than the one he had Abram with?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.64.6.105 (talk) 18:20, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wifes 

message: A similar story is mentioned in the Quran of when Abraham destroyed the Idols of Azar when he was out for some festival and then this lead to the bunring of Abraham and him being saved ...
here is the Quranic source:
021.056 
YUSUFALI: He said, "Nay, your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, He Who created them (from nothing): and I am a witness to this (Truth).
021.057 
YUSUFALI: "And by Allah, I have a plan for your idols - after ye go away and turn your backs"..
021.058 
YUSUFALI: So he broke them to pieces, (all) but the biggest of them, that they might turn (and address themselves) to it.
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021.065 
YUSUFALI: Then were they confounded with shame: (they said), "Thou knowest full well that these (idols) do not speak!
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021.068 
YUSUFALI: They said, "Burn him and protect your gods, If ye do (anything at all)!"
021.069 
YUSUFALI: We said, "O Fire! be thou cool, and (a means of) safety for Abraham!
Moodswingster (talk) 12:13, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I was going to ask, "Who is Azar and why does he suddenly pop-up in the article without any introduction?" Venqax (talk) 17:45, 11 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Azar in Islamic tradition

message: I noticed that there are WP:Conflicting sources on Terah. Al-Islam.org agreed with Ibn Kathir that Terah was the biological father of Abraham,Stories of the Prophets, Ibn Kathir, Abraham and his father whereas al-Modarresi believed that Terah was the uncle of Abraham, not his father. Leo1pard (talk) 05:07, 29 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Conflicting sources 

message: If you're putting dates in as AnnoMundi, PLEASE also put them in as BC or BCE.  If you don't do this, then it is basically incomprehensible to 99% of the readers of Wikipedia. I have never met anyone in my whole life who has used Anno Mundi. Presumably, if you feel that it is necessary to state Terah's and Abram's dates of birth, etc in AM. then you have good reasons to do so. However, it is very little trouble for you to also put them in a form that the whole world can understand. Thank you.
Lehasa (talk) 13:59, 25 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Need comprehensible dates 

message: There is a cuneiform (𒁰) read as 'dara'/'daraḫ'/'duraḫ' in Sumerian and 'turāhu' in Akkadian meaning 'ibex' or 'wild goat' which seems to match the proposed meaning of his name, in case this information is useful to anybody. Mexicocamboya (talk) 12:52, 3 May 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: that could be interesting, if you perhaps provide a reference for the conversion of Hebrew characters into Cuneiform ones. Leo1pard (talk) 15:43, 5 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cuneiform 

message: Leo1pard (talk) 05:07, 29 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Page views 

message: The article currently says "Terah's father was Nahor, son of Serug, descendants of Shem.Berman, Ari. "The Role of Terah in the Foundational Stories of the Patriarchal Family", Jewish Bible Quarterly, 44:4 October - December 2016 They and many of their ancestors were polytheistic." I amended  it by adding "although Genesis refers to "the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father".". I suggest that this is a statement that Terah worshipped the same God as Abraham, and so was as much a monotheist as Abraham was. User:Editor2020 reverted this on the basis that it was "off topic". For the reasons set out above, I propose to reinstate it. Alekksandr (talk) 17:52, 13 January 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Despite Abrahamic dogma, it is not clear that Abraham was a monotheist, as opposed to a henotheist -- see Henotheism#Canaanite religion and early Judaism. And even if he was, that doesn't guarantee that Terah was -- see Terah#cite note-Berman-2. --Macrakis (talk) 21:32, 13 January 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Nothing in your quote says anything about monotheism or polytheism. Editor2020 (talk) 22:20, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

text: I removed this line also "They and many of their ancestors were polytheistic." as it is also off topic. Editor2020 (talk) 22:25, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

text: Feel free to add a section about Terah's polytheism/henotheism/monotheism, but I doubt if you can find the WP:RELIABLE SOURCES. Editor2020 (talk) 22:30, 13 January 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Berman_2 mentions Joshua (24:2-4), which reads "Long ago your ancestors, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates River and worshiped other gods." and is already quoted in this article. --Macrakis (talk) 22:55, 13 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Polytheism/monotheism

message: Day of his death 96.43.175.125 (talk) 00:18, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Date of his death ☠️ 

message: The Islamic Tradition section mostly discusses someone named Azar, but nowhere before this is this person mentioned, nor is there any introduction of this person to explain what the issue is that is being discussed in the Islamic Tradition section. As a result, the entire long section gives the appearance of being a completely different topic from this article's main topic. There needs to be added something to explain the context and connect it to the main topic (ie., Terah). — al-Shimoni (talk) 05:43, 22 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Islam and Azar