8: Buried in a Genealogy

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are joined by Elle Grover Fricks to ask the question the Rabbis have asked over the centuries: Why did God choose Abraham?

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Code of Hammurabi — Wikipedia

The Epic of Eden by Sandra L. Richter

“Sarah: Midrash and Aggadah” by Tamar Kadari — Jewish Women’s Archive

[Legacy] Follow-up 1: BEMA 208: Midrash — Iscah, Sarai, and Birth Orders

[Legacy] Follow-up 2: BEMA FAQ: Abram, Sarai & Iscah — Marty Solomon, YouTube

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• Episode updated 24 February 2025
• Original audio from 10 November 2016
• Transcript for BEMA 8 of 10 November 2016