Western literature week 15

A Christmas Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost-Story of Christmas,^[1]commonly known as A Christmas Carol, is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in London by Chapman & Hall on 19 December 1843.^[2] The novella met with instant success and critical acclaim. A Christmas Carol tells the story of a bitter old miser named Ebenezer Scrooge and his transformation into a gentler, kindlier man after visitations by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come.


Abraham's family tree

The family tree of the biblical figure Abraham is connected by several stories. Though Abraham's forefathers were from southern Mesopotamia,^[1] the LORD led (then named) Abram on a journey to the land of Canaan, which he promised to his descendants. He is known as the patriarch of the Jewish people of today through Isaac, the son born to him and Sarah in their old age, in fulfillment of a promise from God. Many Arab people claim descent from Abraham through his son Ishmael, born to Abraham and his wife’s servant Hagar.