http://benabuya.com/2006/09/24/rahab-rahab-rahab-prostitution-in-the-bible/ looking for alternative explanations Tue, 10 Jan 2012 01:43:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://benabuya.com/2006/09/24/rahab-rahab-rahab-prostitution-in-the-bible/#comment-8215 Mon, 26 Apr 2010 02:25:11 +0000 http://deba.wordpress.com/2006/09/24/rahab-rahab-rahab-prostitution-in-the-bible/#comment-8215 I don’t know if I’d call them complete idiots, but both the Septuagint and the New Testament, as you say, refer to her as a prostitute (πορνη). While that might be relevant to the history of biblical reception, it has little to do with the etymology of the Hebrew.

]]> http://benabuya.com/2006/09/24/rahab-rahab-rahab-prostitution-in-the-bible/#comment-8214 Mon, 26 Apr 2010 02:12:16 +0000 http://deba.wordpress.com/2006/09/24/rahab-rahab-rahab-prostitution-in-the-bible/#comment-8214 Anyone who believes that Rahab was not a harlot is a complete idiot. The Septuagint and New Testament confirm she was a harlot the spies “lay” there.

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