Re: Theater Five #60 "The Sacrifice" -- assistance in detecting Biblical references in the story needed
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Scott Mahan
Well, actually the whole phrase for the name of the alter in Genesis 33:20 is “El Elohe Israel”. Which, El being used in this case as God’s given name, you see translated in most Bible version as “God”, “the god of” “Israel”. (Which makes not a lot of sense to the English language reader.) Anyway …. If he’d really meant the "mighty God" context I think he’d have called the character “L.L. O’Hay”. Since he only used the middle part, it’s really more like “little god”, which is certainly how the character in this episode behaves.
There aren’t a lot of potential other references in the story. “Sally” could easily have been “Sarah” but he didn’t go there for some reason. Although I guess it’s about as close as “Ira” is to “Isaac”. “Red Rapids” doesn’t seem to have any connection to Moriah but it’s a very specific-sounding name. Maybe there’s something there that I’m missing. And, of course, atomic fire = burning alter is pretty obvious but “Red Rapids” still bothers me. Seems like it ought to mean something.
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Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2022 2:28 AM To: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io Subject: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] Theater Five #60 "The Sacrifice" -- assistance in detecting Biblical references in the story needed
Theater Five episode #60 "The Sacrifice" was written by Raphael David Blau. He wrote for radio starting in the mid-1940s and also movies and TV. He was known for using his studies in psychology for plotlines, but also used religious themes for plot ideas. Blau's father was a prominent rabbi, so he was very familiar with Scriptures as part of the family's observant religious life. ----------
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