Sunday, October 26, 2014

The Bible As Murder Mystery



I wonder why Abram's brother, “Haran, dies before the face of his father” [11:28]. We have only one hint: We are told the names of Haran's daughters: Milcah (which means "Queen") and Yiscah (which means "see") [11:29].

For nine generations after the Flood woman were invisible. Even Noah's wife is just called "Noah's wife" [7:13].

Does  the patriach kill his son because Haran dares to give his daughters names-- especially names that said together mean "see the queen"?

How does Abraham successfully wrestle with the impulse he may have inherited from his father: to kill sons?

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