Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Ruthy & Baruch" <alster AT comandcom.com>]

Peter wrote:

> For according to the tradition preserved in the New Testament in 
> Matthew 1:5, Rahab was the wife of Salmon and mother of Boaz who 
> married Ruth (compare Ruth 4:21, 1 Chronicles 2:11). In this case the 
> line of Rahab's descendants, which may be referred to in Joshua 6:25, 
> is none other than the royal line of the house of David. But is there 
> any trace of this tradition in Jewish sources or in anything prior to 
> the New Testament?

The only Jewish tradition I know of is Bavli Megillah 14b (quoted in Kimchi
on Josh 6:25), which says Rahab married Joshua.

Kol Tuv,
Baruch Alster
Kochav Ya`akov, Israel