Talk:Asaph

Sons and Brothers
Unfortunately, the subject of Asaph's relatives (his brothers and sons) are very unclear in Scripture. It seems that people referred to as "sons" of Asaph and the few "brothers" of Asaph are probably not literal relatives, but "figuratively" part of the "family" of Temple musicians that follow after Asaph. I am wondering how the article should cover people that may not be literal sons, but could be. I was thinking the "sons" of First Chronicles shouldn't be mentioned in the "Early Life" (where Asaph having sons would be mentioned), but rather in the legacy. Based on the terminology "of the sons of Asaph" (and "under Asaph's direction") and that there is a genealogical record that mentions a son of Asaph (not included in that list), we can probably assume those are not literal sons. I imagine the son "Zichri" who is listed in genealogy is probably a literal son. Then there are "brothers" who have different fathers listed so they probably aren't real brothers. I am going to keep the sons and brothers except the one in the genealogy out of the early life and infoboxes so they won't be treated as real blood relatives. If anyone disagrees let me know here.

In Christ, Superdadsuper, Bible Wiki Administrator and Bureaucrat 17:14, July 11, 2017 (UTC)

Exposition of Psalms
I am wondering to what extent should I (or anyone who chooses to do so) should the Psalms written by Asaph (Psalm 50, 71-83) be exposited to provide biographical data on Asaph. By this I mean how should the biography section about "Writing Psalms" go about and should "information" in the Psalms that say "I" ("I was in despair") should be treated as factual information. I hope my intention isn't unclear.

In Christ, Superdadsuper, Bible Wiki Administrator and Bureaucrat 23:51, July 14, 2017 (UTC)