SUGGESTION: Simplified, shared harmonies - Abraham in this example
Yes, we can build PB harmonies but the amount of coding and repetition make them a bit of a pain. On the other hand, there are a number of parallels well worth creating and sharing. It would be useful to have a feature that simplified the creation of these tables and made them easily sharable in a way PB's are not. A couple of samples that I ran into on Wikipedia tonight: I'd like to see a real push on the part of Logos to collect this sort of information and put it at my fingertips ... rather than it taking me an hour or two to make sure I don't lose track of it.
Rabbi Phinehas commented in Rabbi Hoshaya's name that God told Abraham to go forth and tread out a path for his children, for everything written in connection with Abraham is written in connection with his children:[103]
| Verse | Abraham | Verse | The Israelites |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genesis 12:10 | “And there was a famine in the land.” | Genesis 45:6 | “For these two years has the famine been in the land.” |
| Genesis 12:10 | “And Abram went down into Egypt.” | Numbers 20:15 | “And our fathers went down into Egypt.” |
| Genesis 12:10 | “To sojourn there” | Genesis 47:4 | “To sojourn in the land are we come.” |
| Genesis 12:10 | “For the famine was sore in the land.” | Genesis 43:1 | “And the famine was sore in the land.” |
| Genesis 12:11 | “And it came to pass, when he came near (הִקְרִיב, hikriv) to enter into Egypt . . .” | Exodus 14:10 | “And when Pharaoh drew near (הִקְרִיב, hikriv) . . .” |
| Genesis 12:12 | “And they will kill me, but you they will keep alive.” | Exodus 1:22 | “Every son that is born you shall cast into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive.” |
| Genesis 12:13 | “Say, I pray you, that you are my sister, that it may be well with me.” | Exodus 1:20 | “And God dealt well with the midwives.” |
| Genesis 12:14 | “And it came to pass, that, when Abram had come into Egypt . . .” | Exodus 1:1 | “Now these are the names of the sons of Israel, who came in Egypt . . .” |
| Genesis 12:20 | “And Pharaoh gave men charge concerning him, and they sent him away.” | Exodus 12:33 | “And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, to send them out.” |
| Genesis 13:2 | “And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.” | Psalm 105:37 | “And He brought them forth with silver and gold.” |
| Genesis 13:3 | “And he went on his journeys.” | Numbers 33:1 | “These are the journeys of the children of Israel.” |
Similarly, Rabbi Joshua of Sikhnin taught that God gave Abraham a sign: Everything that happened to him would also happen to his children:[104]
| Verse | Abraham | Verse | The Israelites |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nehemiah 9:7 | “You are the Lord the God, who did choose Abram, and brought him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gave him the name of Abraham.” | Deuteronomy 14:2 | “For you are a holy people to the Lord your God, and the Lord has chosen you to be His own treasure out of all peoples on the face of the earth.” |
| Genesis 12:1 | “Go for yourself” | Exodus 3:17 | “I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.” |
| Genesis 12:2–3 | “And I will bless you, and make your name great; and you will be a blessing. And I will bless them that bless you.” | Numbers 6:24 | “The Lord bless you, and keep you.” |
| Genesis 12:2 | “And I will make of you a great nation.” | Deuteronomy 4:8 | “And what great nation is there . . . ?” |
| Ezekiel 33:24 | “Abraham was [a unique] one.” | 1 Chronicles 17:21 | “Who is like Your nation, Israel?” |
| Genesis 12:10 | “And there was a famine in the land; and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was severe in the land.” | Genesis 43:1 | “The famine was severe in the land.” |
| Genesis 12:10 | “Abram went down into Egypt.” | Genesis 42:3 | “Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy grain from Egypt.” |
| Genesis 12:14 | The Egyptians harassed Abraham: “The Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.” | Exodus 1:10 | The Egyptians harassed the Israelites: “Come, let us deal wisely with them . . . .” |
| Genesis 14 | The kings joined forces against Abraham. | Psalm 2:1–2 | The kings will join forces against Israel: “The kings of the earth stand up, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against His anointed.” |
| Isaiah 41:2 | God fought against Abraham’s foes: “Who has raised up one from the east, at whose steps victory attends?” | Zechariah 14:3 | God will fight against Israel’s foes: “Then shall the Lord go forth, and fight against those nations, as when He fought in the day of battle.” |
In their commentaries to Mishnah Avot 5:3[75] (see “In classical rabbinic interpretation” above), Rashi and Maimonides differed on what 10 trials Abraham faced:[151]
| Rashi | Maimonides | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abraham hid underground for 13 years from King Nimrod, who wanted to kill him. | ||
| 2 | Nimrod threw Abraham into a fiery furnace. | ||
| 3 | God commanded Abraham to leave his family and homeland. | 1 | Abraham’s exile from his family and homeland |
| 4 | As soon as he arrived in the Promised Land, Abraham was forced to leave to escape a famine. | 2 | The famine in the Promised Land after God assured Abraham that he would become a great nation there |
| 5 | Pharaoh’s officials kidnapped Sarah. | 3 | The corruption in Egypt that resulted in the kidnapping of Sarah |
| 6 | Kings captured Lot, and Abraham had to rescue him. | 4 | The war with the four kings |
| 7 | God told Abraham that his descendants would suffer under four regimes. | ||
| 5 | Abraham’s marriage to Hagar after having despaired that Sarah would ever give birth | ||
| 8 | God commanded Abraham to circumcise himself and his son when Abraham was 99 years old. | 6 | The commandment of circumcision |
| 7 | Abimelech’s abduction of Sarah | ||
| 9 | Abraham was commanded to drive away Ishmael and Hagar. | 8 | Driving away Hagar after she had given birth |
| 9 | The very distasteful command to drive away Ishmael | ||
| 10 | God commanded Abraham to sacrifice Isaac. | 10 | The binding of Isaac on the altar |
Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."
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Lew Witherington notes that this would also be useful for type scenes - see https://community.logos.com/forums/p/104798/724624.aspx#724624 which should entice Faithlife to follow up whether as a dataset they develop or as a community developed resource.
Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."
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