Thread by @Elishabenabuya

This week's Torah portion begins with a man named by his father as "Esteemed Patriarch" or "High Father" (AvRam). The text doesn't give his age. Commentators like to use "75", making his wife, Sarai, 65.

They're also the first characters to own slaves.

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The very first verse of the passage comes with a problem: why is Yahweh telling Abram to go from the land of his birth when he already did that a long time ago?

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Another issue that we come across, and we are only at the 6th verse, is that it gives us a time-frame that is based on the view that the Canaanites were no longer in the land, long after the time of Joshua.

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The 11th century Jewish commentator who is known for his more honest writings (many of which opposed those of Rashi), pointed out the problem with "then".

As he often does with such views, mostly his, he covers his bases with guarded language.

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Here is a link to a short thread about Sarai, asking the important question, "Was she really that old in chapter 12?"

https://twitter.com/Elishabenabuya/status/1320477395338596352?s=20