Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>]

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.

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