018: What's In A Name? Shem's Genealogy (Genesis 11:10-26)

More Genealogy! One cannot read through Genesis without stumbling upon ancient genealogies recording Israelite history as people who lived a long time ago recorded names that meant a lot to their culture and faith. This episode focuses on Shem's genealogy recorded after the Tower of Babel in Genesis 11. Noah's son leads us to a major religious figure in history: Abram.

Sources used for this episode:

*The NIV Application Commentary: Genesis by Dr. John Walton

*Word Biblical Commentary: Genesis 1-15 by Gordon J. Wenham

*The Book of Genesis: Chapters 1-17 by Victor P. Hamilton

*"The Sumerian King List" Britannica.com (https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Sumerian-King-List)

*"Chaldean: Meaning, Empire & Culture" by Reed Hepler and Flint Johnson. Study.com (https://study.com/academy/lesson/the-chaldeans-definition-history-culture.html)

Opening Music: Struttin With Some Barbeque by Louis Armstrong