Patriarchs (Bible) father of the prophets in Islam because all subsequent prophets descended from him (the Israelite prophets through Ishāq and Muhammad through Ismā'īl). The Matriarchs, also known as "the four mothers" (ארבע האמהות), who were married to the biblical patriarchs: Patriarchs (Bible) The patriarchs ( "Avot" or "Abot", singular "Ab" or Aramaic: אבא "Abba") of the Bible, when narrowly defined, are Abraham, his son Isaac, and Isaac's son Jacob, also named Israel, the ancestor of the Israelites. These three figures are referred to collectively as the patriarchs, and the period in which they lived is known as the patriarchal age. They
Nazarene (title) The Aramaic and Syriac word for Christians used by Christians themselves is "Kristyane" (Syriac ܟܪܣܛܝܢܐ), as found in the following verse from the Peshitta: Likewise "but if as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but glorify God in this name" (1 Peter 4:16), and early Syriac church texts. However, in the statement of Tertullus in Acts 24:5, "Nazarenes" and in "Jesus of Nazareth" are both "nasraya" (ܢܨܪܝܐ) in Syrian Aramaic, while "Nasrat" (ܢܨܪܬ ) is used for Nazareth. This usage may explain transmission of the name "Nasorean" as the name of the Mandaeans leaving Jerusalem for Iraq in the