Apocalypse of Abraham

This Jewish apocryphal work survives only in a Slavonic version, translated from a lost Greek version dependent possibly on a Hebrew or Aramaic original. The extant form was edited by a Christian and has Christian editions. The original was composed in the period a.d. 70-130. Chapters 1-8 expound the conversion of Abraham from idolatry. The remaining chapters (9-32) contain the apocalypse proper, where God tells Abraham of the fall of man and of the idolatry of his seed which leads to the destruction of the Temple (a.d. 70). When, however, the present age, lasting twelve “hours,” is over, the End will come when the heathen will be destroyed, the apocalyptic trumpet will sound, and the people of God will be gathered together.