M. Wilson, Our Father Abraham: Jewish roots of the Christian Faith (ISBN 0802804233, ISBN 9780802804235), 1989, pp. 3, 4, accessum 22 Octobris 2011: "[page 3] God's sovereign plan in history was to establish his covenant through a man called Abraham (or Abram, as he was originally known). Abraham was a Semite, a descendant of Noah's son Shem (Gen. 11:10-32). The patriarch Abraham was the first person in the Bible to be called a 'He- [page 4] brew' (Gen. 14:13)."