“... The account contains some familiar motifs known from early pseudepigraphical narratives, including the Apocalypse of Abraham, where the young protagonist is sent by his father to sell manufactured idols. Yet, the midrash also brings forward a set of new developments. Haran is the novel feature here, in comparison with the account found in Pseudo-Philo. He becomes a spectator of the dispute between Nimrod and Abraham. His reluctance and unbelief serve as a foil to the faith and strength of Abraham. Eventually both characters are thrown into the furnace, but, unlike his brother, Haran is not able to survive. [...] The authors of the Targum Pseudo-Jonathan are also cognizant of the patriarch's fiery ordeal and provide a very similar story to the account found in Bereshit Rabbah 38. Here too Haran awaits the result of the match between Abraham and Nimrod and is then destroyed by fire. The difference between the targumic and midrashic account is that, while in Midrash Rabbah Haran is destroyed by God, or more precisely the fire sent from heaven, in Targum Pseudo-Jonathan he is destroyed by man, King Nimrod, who throws him into the furnace. ...”