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Rahab

Rahab (prostitute from Jericho)

Rahab was a tribe/canaan woman in place/jericho who hid the tribe/israel spies sent by person/joshua. Because of her actions, she and her family were spared during the conquest of the city.1 She is later mentioned in the genealogy of Jesus in Matthew 1:5 and praised for her faith in Hebrews 11:31. Scholars note that she should not be confused with the creature/rahab_monster mentioned in Psalm 89:10 and Job 26:12. Rahab's story bridges the Old and New Testaments. Some extra-biblical sources, like Josephus2, recount her story in a similar way to Joshua 2. Her inclusion among women in person/jesus' genealogy is notable and discussed in multiple commentaries. Scholarly debate exists on the historical versus symbolic elements of her story.

Associations

Family

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Social / political

graph TD; style person/rahab fill:#2fa4e7,stroke:#333,stroke-width:4px; person/rahab(["Rahab"]) click person/rahab "../../person/rahab/" person/rahab -->|member of| tribe/canaanite

Geographic

graph TD; style person/rahab fill:#2fa4e7,stroke:#333,stroke-width:4px; person/rahab(["Rahab"]) click person/rahab "../../person/rahab/" person/rahab -->|resident of| place/jericho

Vocational / functional

graph TD; style person/rahab fill:#2fa4e7,stroke:#333,stroke-width:4px; person/rahab(["Rahab"]) click person/rahab "../../person/rahab/" person/rahab -->|assisted| group/israelite_spies person/rahab -->|assisted| tribe/israel

Textual / symbolic

graph TD; style person/rahab fill:#2fa4e7,stroke:#333,stroke-width:4px; person/rahab(["Rahab"]) click person/rahab "../../person/rahab/" person/rahab <-->|name matches| creature/rahab person/rahab -->|example of| theme/faith

  1. This is a test footnote for demonstration purposes, it has a person/jesus link and a Joshua 2 link. ↩

  2. "Josephus recounts Rahab hiding the spies and her family's preservation during Jericho's conquest."" (Josephus, Flavius, Antiquities of the Jews, Book 5, Section 1.) ↩

  3. "To retain the traditional understanding of zonah as "prostitute," ..." (Victor P. Hamilton, Handbook on the Historical Books, Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2001, 22.) ↩

  4. "Rahab's inclusion among women in Jesus' genealogy is significant and discussed in multiple commentaries." (Beale, G. K., Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament, pp. 208-212.) ↩