Ancestor veneration was tied to the idea that legitimate authority flows through lineage—which is why legendary figures like Huang Di, or the Yellow Emperor became
According to rabbinic literature Terah was a wicked (Numbers Rabbah 19:1; 19:33), idolatrous priest (Midrash HaGadol on Genesis 11:28) who manufactured idols (Eliyahu Rabbah 6, and Eliyahu Zuta 25). Abram, in opposition to his