Jewyo rhii biography of abraham

The laureate, Abraham Cruzvillegas, was born in Mexico City in They are Cameron Jamie, the first winner of the prize in , Isa....

Jewyo Rhii, the winner of Yanghyun Prize, was born in Seoul, Korea, in She studied at Ewha Womans University in Seoul, the University.

Best known for his sculptural works that bring ready-mades such as scrap wood, handmade craft, and simple tools together in strangely familiar compositions.

The laureate, Abraham Cruzvillegas, was born in Mexico City in They are Cameron Jamie, the first winner of the prize in , Isa.

In , he graduated from the History and Theory of Art Department of the Lomonosov Moscow State University.

Jewyo Rhii focuses on the lives of the individual by taking care of her own minute personal problems.

Abraham's life

Map of the locations in Abraham's story

The story of Abraham and his descendents is found in the book of Genesis. We first meet him in Genesis chapter 11, although at this stage his name is Abram.

There is very little biographical detail about him apart from the fact that he was a shepherd and came from Ur in Mesopotamia - modern day Iraq - after which he and his family moved, with his father Terah, to Haran.

This is a polytheistic age, an age when people believed in and worshipped many gods.

Yet within this atmosphere, Abram answers the call of God and it is because of this that he accepts and realises the reality of there being only one true God.

In the Jewish tradition called Midrash (a Hebrew word which means 'interpretation' and relates to the way readings or biblical verses are understood), there are a number of stories about Abraham smashing his father's idols when he realises that there can be only one God of heaven and earth.

It doesn'