Abraham: the world's first (but certainly not last) Jewish lawyer

Introduction : the Jewish lawyer

God meets Abram-and so do we

God tests Abraham and Abraham passes-at least the first test

Abraham refuses to argue with God and with his wife over the lives of his children-failing god's next test

Abraham negotiates to buy a burial cave for Sarah

The trial of Jesus, the conviction of the Jews, and the blood libel

Alfred Dreyfus, Leo Frank, Rudolf Slansky, Anatoly Sharansky, and other Jews on trial

The Jewish lawyer as Abrahamic idol smasher, advocate, collaborator, rescuer, and deal-maker

Epilogue : the future of Abraham's descendants.