GENERATIONS

My new primary index operates according to the internal logic of the storytelling. I call it an Oaural Ribbon.

This method of colour-coding each Generation of the text allows one to visualize the speaking and hearing of a hypothetical recital of the complete Genesis scroll by their Generations.

Each colour-area is clickable, and links to the bookmarked text.

Generation Count TLDT
Seven Lights 034 IOQB - B
Heaven and Earth 072 H$MIM UHAR¢
Adam 040 ADM
Noah 089 NX
Children of Noah 041 BNI NX
Shem 017 $M
Terah 377 TRX
Ishmael son of Abraham 007 I$MOAL BN ABRHM
Isaac son of Abraham 364 I¢XQ BN ABRHM
Esau is Edom 008 O$U HUA ADUM
Esau father of Edom 036 O$U ABI ADUM
Jacob 448 IOQB - A
Total: 1533  

The table above represents my preferred indexing system, where each Generation is serialized by its internal line-count.

When stacked into a full scroll, a second useful index presents itself, and can be expressed as Serial 0000. This allows for a count of every verse from 0001 to 1533.

The question arises whether this new indexing system is useful. Have I properly divided up the textual bounds of each Generation? Are my number assignments trustworthy? How do I justify the use of an Oaural Ribbon?

In response, I observe what happens when Heaven and Earth are removed from the complete text of Genesis:


Total Lines: 1533  
Less:    
Heaven and Earth 72 H$MIM UHAR¢
Remainder: 1461  

Lo, out pops the number 1461. This is a value that keen-eyed astronomers have counted for a very long time.

Time Unit Count Time Unit
YEAR 1 365 DAYS
YEAR 2 365 DAYS
YEAR 3 365 DAYS
YEAR 4 365 DAYS
EXTRA 1 DAY
TOTAL: 1461 DAYS

Thus I am satisfied that my verse-counts appear logical, and all the remaining Generations are synchronized according to the actual timeclock of the Heavens and the Earth.

By this, I believe the Oaural Ribbon index is Justified.



Graphical Oaural Ribbon

The instance of the Oaural Ribbon presented below stacks coloured areas that are sized proportionately according to each Generation's internal line count.

In other words, the number of lines in each Generation informs the pixel length of each coloured section. The image stands 1533 pixels high, and each area of colour is as high in pixels as its corresponding Generation is as long in verses.

TURH Oaural Ribbon Vertical

The Oaural Ribbon as Historical Scaffold

The Oaural Ribbon creates an internally consistent, colour-coded index to the Generations. As such, it emerges as an ideal substrate upon which to place a variety of historical texts, and colour-code them according to their suggested concordances.

I use the Oaural Ribbon as a site-wide colour-coded grid. It extends backward in time through the a range of artifacts from increasingly remote epochs.

The grid can be found in the present column by clicking to the Maths page, also reachable from the navigation tab directly above. A thorough expression of each Generation's internal and external numbering becomes a useful reference for building concordances across mediums, texts, sky-clocks, and sky-pictures.