Exempla of the Rabbis, Tale 48

Exempla of the Rabbis (Gaster, 1924) Exempla of the Rabbis, No. 48
Curated by The Jewish Mythology Team·

A Min and R. Abahu disputed about the sequence of Ps. 3—57 and he asked why Absolom was mentioned before Saul. The reply was that, in the Bible events were not always narrated in chronological order.

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