Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Yigal Levin <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>]

Thank you. Depending on the date of the Targum of Ruth, which I don't know 
offhand, this could be the earliest refference to this midrash, or have been 
influenced by the Talmud.

Yigal
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Arne Halbakken" <1stluth AT smig.net>
To: <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 3:41 AM
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Princess Ruth?


> At 12:00 PM -0400 6/18/06, b-hebrew-request AT lists.ibiblio.org wrote:
> > Dear George,
> >
> > The Talmud (if its really important I'll look up the source) says that 
> > Ruth
> > was the daughter of Eglon king of Moab. Would you think that David would 
> > be
> > descended from just ANY Moabitess? :-)
> >
> > Yigal
>
> I'm not sure about the Talmud, but "daughter of Eglon king of Moab"
> is mentioned in a targum of Ruth 1:4.
>
> Arne Halbakken
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