[b-hebrew] Rahab

Peter Kirk peterkirk at qaya.org
Wed Feb 25 19:02:42 EST 2004


On 25/02/2004 13:40, Lisbeth S. Fried wrote:

>Dear Charles, Nice to hear from you again.
>I trust you are well.
>You say that
>Jews are of many races, 
>  
>
>>even as early
>>as Exodus when a group from Mesopotamia are joined by Egyptians, 
>>Midianites,
>>and soon therafter Canaanites like Rahab. 
>>    
>>
>
>Did the Rehabites become "Jewish" and if so what does that mean?
>Their separate identity as Rehabites continued into the time of Jeremiah.
>Liz
>
>  
>
The Rechabites in Jeremiah are spelled resh-kaf-bet-yod, and so are not 
related to Rahab of Jericho who was resh-het-bet, nor to Rahab the 
mythical sea monster, resh-he-bet.

-- 
Peter Kirk
peter at qaya.org (personal)
peterkirk at qaya.org (work)
http://www.qaya.org/




More information about the b-hebrew mailing list