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  • From: "Ruthy & Baruch" <alster AT comandcom.com>
  • To: "Biblical Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Rahab's descendants
  • Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 20:56:49 +0200


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




  • Rahab's descendants, Peter Kirk, 02/08/2000
    • <Possible follow-up(s)>
    • Re: Rahab's descendants, Ruthy & Baruch, 02/08/2000

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