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<h2>Consolidation of Characters</h2>
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<p><b>Identification of three or more different names</b></p>
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<li>Moshe – Vayikra Rabbah</li>
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<li>Yitro – Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael Yitro Amalek 1, see our discussion in Shemot 18.</li>
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<li>Beor and other evil doers – Bavli Sanhedrin 105a</li>
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<li>Sichon and other Canaanite kings – Bavli R"H 3a</li>
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<li>Shelomo – Shir HaShirim Rabbah 1:1</li>
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<li>Nevat and other evil doers – Bavli Sanhedrin 101b</li>
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<li>Sancheriv and other Assyrian kings – Bavli Sanhedrin 94a</li>
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<li>Koresh and other Persian kings – Seder Olam Rabbah 30, Bavli R"H 3b</li>
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<p><b>Identification of two characters with different names as the same person:</b></p>
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<h2>Consolidation of Objects</h2>
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<li>Yiskah as Sarah – Seder Olam Rabbah 21, Bavli Sanhedrin 69b</li>
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<li>Malkizedek as Shem – Bereshit Rabbah 56:10</li>
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<li>Keturah as Hagar – Bereshit Rabbah 61:4</li>
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<li>Shifrah and Puah as Yocheved and Miryam/Elisheva – Shemot Rabbah 1:13</li>
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<li>Efrat as Miryam – Shemot Rabbah 1:17</li>
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<li>Pinchas as Eliyahu – Targum Yerushalmi (Yonatan) Shemot 6:18</li>
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<h2>Identification of two characters with the same or similar names</h2>
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<li>Haran the father of Yiska with Haran the brother of Avraham – Bavli Sanhedrin 69b</li>
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<li>Potiphar and Potiphera – Bavli Sotah 13b</li>
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<li>Hirah and Hiram – Bereshit Rabbah 85:4</li>
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<li>Calev the son of Chetzron with Calev the son of Yefuneh – Yerushalmi Yevamot 10:7 (see Ibn Ezra Short Commentary Shemot 24:14)</li>
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<li>Ovadyah the steward of Ahav with Ovadyah the prophet – Bavli Sanhedrin 39b</li>
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<h2>Identification of anonymous people with known personalities</h2>
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<li>Naamah as Noach's wife – Bereshit Rabbah 23:3</li>
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<li>Og as the fugitive from Sedom – Bavli Niddah 61a</li>
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<li>Eliezer and Yishmael as Avraham's servants – Bereshit Rabbah 48:13, Vayikra Rabbah 20:2</li>
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<li>Dinah as Shimon's wife and Asenat's mother – Bereshit Rabbah 80:11</li>
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<li>Menashe as Yosef's steward – Bereshit Rabbah 91:8</li>
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<li>Datan and Aviram as the sinners in Egypt and the wilderness – Shemot Rabbah 1:30, Tanchuma Buber Beshalach 24</li>
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<li>Calev and Pinchas as Yehoshua's spies – Tanchuma Buber Shelach 1</li>
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<li>Eved Melekh HaKushi as Barukh – Pirke DeRabbi Eliezer 53</li>
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<h2>Identification of one anonymous person/group with another</h2>
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<li>Paroh in Shemot 1-2 with Paroh of Bereshit 37-50 and Paroh of Shemot 3-15 – see Melekh Chadash</li>
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<li>The officers of the nation in Egypt with the princes or seventy elders – Bemidbar Rabbah 12:16, Shemot Rabbah 5:20</li>
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Version as of 00:39, 1 July 2020

Character Consolidation

Introduction

This topic has not yet undergone editorial review

Consolidation of Characters

Identification of three or more different names

  • Moshe – Vayikra Rabbah
  • Yitro – Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael Yitro Amalek 1, see our discussion in Shemot 18.
  • Beor and other evil doers – Bavli Sanhedrin 105a
  • Sichon and other Canaanite kings – Bavli R"H 3a
  • Shelomo – Shir HaShirim Rabbah 1:1
  • Nevat and other evil doers – Bavli Sanhedrin 101b
  • Sancheriv and other Assyrian kings – Bavli Sanhedrin 94a
  • Koresh and other Persian kings – Seder Olam Rabbah 30, Bavli R"H 3b

Identification of two characters with different names as the same person:

Consolidation of Objects

  • Yiskah as Sarah – Seder Olam Rabbah 21, Bavli Sanhedrin 69b
  • Malkizedek as Shem – Bereshit Rabbah 56:10
  • Keturah as Hagar – Bereshit Rabbah 61:4
  • Shifrah and Puah as Yocheved and Miryam/Elisheva – Shemot Rabbah 1:13
  • Efrat as Miryam – Shemot Rabbah 1:17
  • Pinchas as Eliyahu – Targum Yerushalmi (Yonatan) Shemot 6:18

Identification of two characters with the same or similar names

  • Haran the father of Yiska with Haran the brother of Avraham – Bavli Sanhedrin 69b
  • Potiphar and Potiphera – Bavli Sotah 13b
  • Hirah and Hiram – Bereshit Rabbah 85:4
  • Calev the son of Chetzron with Calev the son of Yefuneh – Yerushalmi Yevamot 10:7 (see Ibn Ezra Short Commentary Shemot 24:14)
  • Ovadyah the steward of Ahav with Ovadyah the prophet – Bavli Sanhedrin 39b

Identification of anonymous people with known personalities

  • Naamah as Noach's wife – Bereshit Rabbah 23:3
  • Og as the fugitive from Sedom – Bavli Niddah 61a
  • Eliezer and Yishmael as Avraham's servants – Bereshit Rabbah 48:13, Vayikra Rabbah 20:2
  • Dinah as Shimon's wife and Asenat's mother – Bereshit Rabbah 80:11
  • Menashe as Yosef's steward – Bereshit Rabbah 91:8
  • Datan and Aviram as the sinners in Egypt and the wilderness – Shemot Rabbah 1:30, Tanchuma Buber Beshalach 24
  • Calev and Pinchas as Yehoshua's spies – Tanchuma Buber Shelach 1
  • Eved Melekh HaKushi as Barukh – Pirke DeRabbi Eliezer 53

Identification of one anonymous person/group with another

  • Paroh in Shemot 1-2 with Paroh of Bereshit 37-50 and Paroh of Shemot 3-15 – see Melekh Chadash
  • The officers of the nation in Egypt with the princes or seventy elders – Bemidbar Rabbah 12:16, Shemot Rabbah 5:20
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