LIST006a
(C) Dr Hendel, Jan-03
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Part 2 in a 6 part series
on the usage of the key phrase
AT THAT TIME
We list below the 18 or so verses with the phrase AT THAT
TIME*12 The basic idea is causal relationship.
Verses with a Rashi end with a LETTER. Verses without a
Rashi do not end in a letter (eg Gn38-01a vs Gn21-22).
This illustrates the Rashi workbook method. Rashi encourages
us to apply the principle of AT THAT TIME=CAUSALITY to other
situations.
We have identified 6 themes in AT THAT TIME=CAUSALITY
These are elaborated in the footnotes. The six themes are
indicated in the column with a # sign. This lists theme is
A - PSYCHOLOGICAL CAUSATION (eg Judah advises brothers to
sell Joseph and then brothers throw Judah out of house
for his advice)
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VERSE
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#
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BEFORE EVENT
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AT THAT TIME-AFTER
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WHY CAUSE
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Gn38-01a
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A
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Selling of Joseph
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Judah left brothers
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He caused it*1
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Gn21-22
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A
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Ishmael archer*2
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Avmlch seeks treaty
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Afraid of Isml
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COMMENTS
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*1 Since Judah advised selling Joseph and Jacob was broken
up by Joseph missing it seems reasonable to see psychological
cause here--the brothers hated Judah for his advice to sell
Joseph and banished him
*2 No Rashi but the connection between the previous verse--that
Ishmael was a successful archery teacher and the present
verse--that Avimelech was afraid and wanted a peace treaty-
is an obvious connection. Here again we have psychological
causality
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LONGER FOOTNOTES
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*12 In previous postings we have outlined 4 methods
of connecting paragraphs (See our cp series on
the Rashi calendar
http://www.RashiYomi.com/cp-1.htm thru
http://www.RashiYomi.com/cp-9.htm
What we do in this posting is show how SPECIAL WORDS
(such as AT THAT TIME) can indicate which of the
4 methods is used
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