[Avodah] avraham's geirim

[Micha Berger]

On Thu, Nov 03, 2011 at 03:07:19PM -0400, Rich, Joel wrote:
: The simplest explanation imho is they became monotheists, not Jews.

Which is compelled by the fact that geirus means joining beris Sinai,
which didn't exist yet. Geirus as we know it wasn't defined until MRAH
told them to do milah for the qorban pesach and miqvah as part of the 3
Yemei haGebalah. (Which is how the Rambam can conclude that the qorban
isn't me'aqev.)

-Micha