Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Yigal Levin <Yigal-Levin AT utc.edu>]

At 06:08 AM 7/12/2003 -0500, Karl Randolph wrote:
>Incidently, there is another Jewish tradition repeated in Matthew 1:5 that
Rahab did convert, married $LM), was the mother of Boaz who married Ruth,
making her an ancestress of King David.
>

Thanks, Karl, though I wonder whether Matthew 1:5 really reflects a
contemporary (late 1st c. C.E.?) Jewish tradition, or if the evangelist
"grafted" Rahab onto Jesus' genealogy to get a message across.

Yigal




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