---
title: "Buried in a Genealogy"
description: "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?"
canonical: https://bema.jpamorgan.com/episodes/8
published: 2016-11-10
---

# Buried in a Genealogy

Why Abraham?

- Published: 2016-11-10T09:00:00.000Z
- Episode slug: `8`
- Episode number: 8
- Session: 1
- People: Marty Solomon, Brent Billings, Elle Grover Fricks

## Description

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?

## Show notes

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? Presentation for Buried in a Genealogy (PDF) 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 Study Tools Discussion Video for BEMA 8 The Companion for BEMA 8 Take Your Own Notes Transcript for BEMA 8 Legacy Episode Content Episode updated 24 February 2025 Original audio from 10 November 2016 Transcript for BEMA 8 of 10 November 2016

## Sources and machine-readable records

- [BEMA Podcast Explorer episode page](https://bema.jpamorgan.com/episodes/8)
- [Official BEMA source page](https://www.bemadiscipleship.com/8)
- [Episode JSON](https://api.bema.jpamorgan.com/v1/episodes/8)
- [Audio](https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/7d8cc2be-fe66-43fb-ada4-e62e2f8c00e7/8fcd093a-344b-4fe0-b8b3-460dd973c339.mp3)
- [Official transcript source](https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRseuoubBS-tGkXxO2glKNF6dJnjs8ml24ZKT2_xvRIkDpKguIl5bPuezwFQg0Zic6JprxgCVhxmj_u/pub)
- [Transcript JSON](https://api.bema.jpamorgan.com/v1/transcripts/8)