The story of how Jesus came to offer salvation is a beautiful picture...but it's only part of the story. The story begins MUCH earlier, in the Old Testament. Some of the things we read about in the Gospels can't be answered without understanding at least
Abraham lived not long after the end of the Sumerian Ur III empire, circa 2000 BC. Invading groups of Amorites brought about its fall. Abraham was an Amorite (Ezekiel 16:3). Abraham was called a “Hebrew” in Genesis 14:13, because he was descended from an ancestor named Eber. The