Ok, so we accept that Abraham was the first person to recognize the “Oneness” of God (Hashem) and essentially the proto-Jew. But he wasn’t really, was he? The Torah clearly tells of at least a thousand years worth of people who knew God right? And it wasn’t like polytheism didn’t still exist after Abraham “discovered” God, just as it still does today. Logically there must’ve been both monotheists and polytheists around during the days before Abraham because, well, did literally everyone just completely forget Hashem until one dude happened along a thousand years later? Seems unlikely imo. So why was Abraham chosen to be the father of the Jewish people and why do we chalk it up to his special relationship with God?
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