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<h2>Consolidation of Characters</h2> | <h2>Consolidation of Characters</h2> | ||
| − | <p>  | + | <p> <b>I. Identification of three or more different names as the same person:<br/></b></p> |
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<ul> | <ul> | ||
| − | <li>Moshe – Vayikra Rabbah</li> | + | <li>Moshe – <multilink><a href="VayikraRabbah1-3" data-aht="source">Vayikra Rabbah 1:3</a><a href="VayikraRabbah1-3" data-aht="source">1:3</a><a href="Vayikra Rabbah" data-aht="parshan">About Vayikra Rabbah</a></multilink></li> |
| − | <li>Yitro – Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael | + | <li>Yitro – <multilink><a href="#" data-aht="source">Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael Shemot 18:1,</a></multilink> see our discussion in Shemot 18.</li> |
| − | <li>Beor and other evil doers – Bavli Sanhedrin 105a</li> | + | <li>Beor and other evil doers – <multilink><a href="BavliSanhedrin69b" data-aht="source">Bavli Sanhedrin 105a</a><a href="BavliSanhedrin105a" data-aht="source">Sanhedrin 105a</a><a href="Talmud Bavli" data-aht="parshan">About the Bavli</a></multilink></li> |
<li>Sichon and other Canaanite kings – Bavli R"H 3a</li> | <li>Sichon and other Canaanite kings – Bavli R"H 3a</li> | ||
| − | <li>Shelomo – Shir HaShirim Rabbah 1:1</li> | + | <li>Shelomo – <multilink><a href="ShirHaShirimRabbah1-1" data-aht="source">Shir HaShirim Rabbah 1:1</a><a href="ShirHaShirimRabbah1-1" data-aht="source">1:1</a><a href="Shir HaShirim Rabbah" data-aht="parshan">About Shir HaShirim Rabbah</a></multilink></li> |
<li>Nevat and other evil doers – Bavli Sanhedrin 101b</li> | <li>Nevat and other evil doers – Bavli Sanhedrin 101b</li> | ||
<li>Sancheriv and other Assyrian kings – Bavli Sanhedrin 94a</li> | <li>Sancheriv and other Assyrian kings – Bavli Sanhedrin 94a</li> | ||
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<p><b>II. Identification of two characters with different names as the same person:</b></p> | <p><b>II. Identification of two characters with different names as the same person:</b></p> | ||
<ul> | <ul> | ||
| − | <li>Yiskah as Sarah – Seder Olam Rabbah 21, Bavli Sanhedrin 69b</li> | + | <li>Yiskah as Sarah – <multilink><a href="SederOlamRabbah20" data-aht="source">Seder Olam Rabbah 21</a><a href="SederOlamRabbah20" data-aht="source">20</a><a href="Seder Olam Rabbah" data-aht="parshan">About Seder Olam Rabbah</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="BavliSanhedrin69b" data-aht="source">Bavli Sanhedrin 69b</a><a href="BavliSanhedrin69b" data-aht="source">Sanhedrin 69b</a><a href="Talmud Bavli" data-aht="parshan">About the Bavli</a></multilink></li> |
| − | <li>Malkizedek as Shem – Bereshit Rabbah 56:10</li> | + | <li>Malkizedek as Shem – <multilink><a href="BereshitRabbah56-10" data-aht="source">Bereshit Rabbah 56:10</a><a href="BereshitRabbah56-10" data-aht="source">56:10</a><a href="Bereshit Rabbah" data-aht="parshan">About Bereshit Rabbah</a></multilink></li> |
| − | <li>Keturah as Hagar – Bereshit Rabbah 61:4</li> | + | <li>Keturah as Hagar – <multilink><a href="BereshitRabbah61-4" data-aht="source">Bereshit Rabbah 61:4</a><a href="BereshitRabbah61-4" data-aht="source">61:4</a><a href="Bereshit Rabbah" data-aht="parshan">About Bereshit Rabbah</a></multilink></li> |
| − | <li>Shifrah and Puah as Yocheved and Miryam/Elisheva – Shemot Rabbah 1:13</li> | + | <li>Shifrah and Puah as Yocheved and Miryam/Elisheva – <multilink><a href="ShemotRabbah1-13" data-aht="source">Shemot Rabbah 1:13</a><a href="ShemotRabbah1-13" data-aht="source">1:13</a><a href="Shemot Rabbah" data-aht="parshan">About Shemot Rabbah</a></multilink></li> |
| − | <li>Efrat as Miryam – Shemot Rabbah 1:17</li> | + | <li>Efrat as Miryam – <multilink><a href="ShemotRabbah1-17" data-aht="source">Shemot Rabbah 1:17</a><a href="ShemotRabbah1-17" data-aht="source">1:17</a><a href="Shemot Rabbah" data-aht="parshan">About Shemot Rabbah</a></multilink></li> |
| − | <li>Pinchas as Eliyahu – Targum Yerushalmi (Yonatan) Shemot 6:18</li> | + | <li>Pinchas as Eliyahu –<multilink><a href="TargumYerushalmiYonatanShemot6-18" data-aht="source"> Targum Yerushalmi (Yonatan) Shemot 6:18</a><a href="TargumYerushalmiYonatanShemot6-18" data-aht="source">Shemot 6:18</a><a href="Targum Yerushalmi (Yonatan)" data-aht="parshan">About Targum Yerushalmi (Yonatan)</a></multilink></li> |
</ul> | </ul> | ||
<p><b>III. Identification of two characters with the same or similar names as the same person:</b></p> | <p><b>III. Identification of two characters with the same or similar names as the same person:</b></p> | ||
<ul> | <ul> | ||
| − | <li>Haran the father of Yiska with Haran the brother of Avraham – Bavli Sanhedrin 69b</li> | + | <li>Haran the father of Yiska with Haran the brother of Avraham – <multilink><a href="BavliSanhedrin69b" data-aht="source">Bavli Sanhedrin 69b</a><a href="BavliSanhedrin69b" data-aht="source">Sanhedrin 69b</a><a href="Talmud Bavli" data-aht="parshan">About the Bavli</a></multilink></li> |
<li>Potiphar and Potiphera – Bavli Sotah 13b</li> | <li>Potiphar and Potiphera – Bavli Sotah 13b</li> | ||
| − | <li>Hirah and Hiram – Bereshit Rabbah 85:4</li> | + | <li>Hirah and Hiram – <multilink><a href="BereshitRabbah85-4" data-aht="source">Bereshit Rabbah 85:4</a><a href="BereshitRabbah85-4" data-aht="source">85:4</a><a href="Bereshit Rabbah" data-aht="parshan">About Bereshit Rabbah</a></multilink></li> |
<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> | <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> | ||
<li>Ovadyah the steward of Ahav with Ovadyah the prophet – Bavli Sanhedrin 39b</li> | <li>Ovadyah the steward of Ahav with Ovadyah the prophet – Bavli Sanhedrin 39b</li> | ||
Version as of 01:13, 1 July 2020
Character Consolidation
Introduction
Consolidation of Characters
I. Identification of three or more different names as the same person:
- Moshe – Vayikra Rabbah 1:3
- Yitro – Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael Shemot 18:1, 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
II. Identification of two characters with different names as the same person:
- 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
III. Identification of two characters with the same or similar names as the same person:
- 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
IV. 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
V. Identification of one anonymous person 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
Consolidation of Objects
I. Identification of objects with other objects:
- Esav's clothing with the leather garments of Adam and Chavah – Bereshit Rabbah 63:13
- Yaakov and Yehudah's staff with Moshe's staff – Yalkut Shimoni Chukat 763
II. Identification of places with known places:
III. Identification of unknown dates with known ones:
- Angel's visit to Lot – 15 Nisan
- Giving of the Decalogue – 6 Sivan
- Moshe's descent with the 1st Tablets – 17 Tammuz
- Moshe's descent with the 2nd Tablets – 10 Tishrei
- Night of the return of the spies – 9 Av
