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Contents 1 The {} sign/s 2 Rachav in the Tanach (Hebrew Bible) 3 Deprecation 4 Prostitute or not?

[edit] The {} sign/s

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[edit] Rachav in the Tanach (Hebrew Bible)

"When the city of Jericho fell (Joshua 6:17-25), Rahab and her whole family were preserved according to the promise of the spies, and were incorporated among the Jewish people. She afterwards became the wife of Salmon, a prince of the tribe of Judah (Ruth 4:21; 1 Chr. 2:11). With him she had a son Boaz, who was an ancestor of David."

This is absolutely incorrect. Only in Christian belief did Rachav marry into Yehudah and/or Salmah. In the Hebrew Bible her narrative ends without any mention of who she married, but Jewish tradition says she married Yehoshua ben Nun of Ephraim, and the two had no children. I have edited this passage to correctly reflect what the Book of Yehoshua actually says. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 72.17.146.166 (talk) 18:03, 12 January 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Deprecation

Prostitution is not "deprecated" - that means that it is planned to be discontinued - which definitely does not apply here. But I'm not sure of the exact status of prostitution in Jewish law, so I can't correct it. --대조 | Talk 18:23, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Prostitute or not?

The Aramaic word used to describe Rahab as a prostitute (which is mentioned only once, but the way) also means "inn keeper" or "one who rents a room to strangers" and does not necessarily refer to trade in sexual favors. It is quite possible that the two trades were considered the same thing in the ancient world as they were often the same person, but not necessarily so. The New Testament authers refer to her as a harlot, but they may have just been quoting Old Testament scripture, making the same assumption. Josephus refers to her as an Innkeeper, nothing more, although Josephus's account differs from the standard New Testament one in several particulars.