Rahab is a Canaanite prostitute who becomes faithful to the God of Israel, hiding two Israelite spies when the king of Jericho sends men to capture them. The rabbis imagine her as a superhumanly seductive woman who knows the secrets of all the men in Jericho, as well as the ultimate example of repentance. The biblical story, however, suggests a more complex character, who worked within the power structures around her.
Dr.
Amy Cooper Robertson
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Leviticus 21 and Ezekiel 44 regulate whom priests may marry. What rationale lies behind these laws?
Dr.
Eve Levavi Feinstein
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“Let there be no kadesh among the sons of Israel. You shall not bring the fee of a harlot or the pay of a kelev (dog?) into the house of YHWH” (Deut 23:18-19).
Dr. Hacham
Isaac S. D. Sassoon
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