Rahab was a woman from Jericho who helped Joushua and the other spies when they went in to spy on the city.
2007-01-10 15:43:13 · 8 answers · asked by Chris C 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy
Matthew 1:5. Rahab was one of the 5 women mentioned in the geneology of Jesus Christ. Mary, mother of Jesus; Tamar, daughter-in-law of Judah, who through an incestuous relationship with Judah brought forth Pharez and Zarah; Rahab, prostitute of Jericho who married Salmon and brought forth Boaz; Ruth, who married Boaz, and brought forth Obed; Bathsheba, who had been the wife of Uriah, who with David, brought forth Solomon.
2007-01-10 16:45:03 · answer #1 · answered by Mangy Coyote 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Like the others said, Rahab is in the genealogy in Matthew 1. I can understand why there might be some confusion, though, since there's another genealogy in Luke 3 where she doesn't appear.
2007-01-10 16:56:12 · answer #2 · answered by pecan fish 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hello, Yes Rahab is in the genealogy of yeshua messiah.
2007-01-11 08:07:05 · answer #3 · answered by Mr. Frank 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you do no longer! there is not any stated interior the OT the place Rahab begat Boaz. in accordance to Jewish custom she married Joshua. the top is that Rahab stated in Matt a million, isn't the comparable Rahab interior the e book Joshua.
2016-12-12 08:50:48 · answer #4 · answered by scheiber 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
More correctly, as suiting the times then, Rahab was a Temple Priestess, most likely of the fertility cult of Baal and his consort goddess, Asherah. Temple priestesses were indeed, dedicated and devoted to the service of the fertility goddess or god, and by copulating with them, a man was figuratively having sex with that goddess, which was construed to be a demon. This "sex magick" elevated the person engaging in sex with the priestess to a "god" status, as well, for at least the time of the sex act, and enrolled the male into an
"initiate" status with the fertility rite and ritual.
The same applied to those who had homosexual appetites in which they could indulge themselves with a young man dedicated to the fertility cult as well, as a temple priest, or male prostitute, or later, priest of the Grove. The word "prostitute" originally meant..."in behalf of"... So, having sex with a temple/fertility cult sex worker was having sex in behalf or with that of a demon god. This is one reason idolatry was such a threat to the survival of the polities of Israel and Judah and potentially quite spiritually defiling. Evil spirits often entered the "initiate" from the demon that they were figuratively copulating with. This created potential deleterioius personality changes which became typified with King Solomon.
2015-12-14 02:19:34 · answer #5 · answered by spick5a 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, she is. She is one of the few women mentioned in the genealogy of Jesus, the other being Ruth(who wasn't a Jew, but an outsider).
2007-01-10 15:57:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, she was mentioned in the lineage of Jesus. She helped Joshua in Jerrico and she is mentioned in Matthew 1:5
2007-01-10 15:49:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes she is ...amazing huh?
2007-01-11 08:24:42 · answer #8 · answered by lili t 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋