Talk:Rahab (term)

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Rahab (the harlot)
In the Book of Joshua, Rahab was a prostitute living in Jericho. Rahab and her family were saved from the complete destruction of Jericho because she hid spies from the army of israelites who were encamped across the Jordan river. 
Rahab was the original "scarlet" woman as she had to hand a scarlet thread in her windows as a sign to the invaders that it was to be spared.  
She joins the israelites and later marries Salmon, one of the spies she had saved. Her descendants include David and Jesus (see geneology in Matthew 1).
:The talk on Rahab the harlot seems out of place here, it belongs here: Rahab... yet since Rahab is a Cananite demon/deity, it may be that Rahab the harlot was named after Rahab the Demon/deity, in which case this COULD be relevant?  --Jlc46 21:01, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

message: probably refers to the same legend as Psalm 89, but would it be OR to include that? Or can we source it somewhere? It's useful and verifiable information IMO, and borderline OR at worse. But interested in other views. Andrewa (talk) 23:37, 16 December 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Andrewa, OR (original research) here on WP basically refers to a novel idea, argument, link or hypothesis being proposed for which there is no source.  In order to prove something is not one's original OR, one needs to show an externally published source (but not a blog or such) where the same link is made. So if it is verifiable as you say, it should be a simple matter to come up with a source mentioning it somewhere in connection with the article topic, then we can paraphrase and attribute the view in that source. Til Eulenspiegel (talk) 12:05, 17 December 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: What about (Monster) as a disambiguator? Benji man (talk) 22:17, 18 February 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: You know what, the "monster" stuff is first attested only in the Later Mediaeval Ages and comes directly out of the use in Old Testament times as a name for Egypt per most commentators, so I'm not sure there's any need to either split or rename this article, the best course of action would be to look for the best sources for more detail. Til Eulenspiegel /talk/ 23:15, 18 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Old Testament monster

message: Added new section before video games. Military. Added that Rahab is name of the 5th Dolphin class submarine being built for the Israeli Navy. Irondome (talk) 02:16, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Military 

message: Hello everyone! I am a student at Miami University Ohio. I am currently in a course that studies the religions of the old testament and found this topic to be quite intriguing. Upon reading about the word "Rahab" I wrote the following thoughts about the topic:
For the article w:Rahab_(Egypt): Prior to the Medieval adoption of "Rahab," to mean demon or sea beast, the name also appears in Psalms: 104, Psalms 89; 5-12, as well as Job 38: 8-11 and Isaiah 51:9-10. Rahab, in these passages, take the meaning of primeval chaotic sea, multi-headed dragon or Leviathan. It can be assumed that long before Jewish mythos, the ancient Jews emulated the creation fables told by their predecessors. The Babylonians, for example, told of a thunder god, Marduk, and a Sea Beast, Tiamat, battling for supreme power over the other gods, in the Enuma Elis. It can be speculated that these two characters in the Babylonian myth, are parallel to the creation stories found in the Biblical passages containing the name Rahab. [1]
Jump up ^ Coogan, Michael D. (2014). The Old Testament: A Historical and Literary Introduction to Hebrew Scriptures. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 34–40. ISBN 978-0-I9-994661-7 Check |isbn= value (help). ZarathustraSay20 (talk) 14:30, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi User:ZarathustraSay20! You could be a little clearer about the myths in which these creatures/gods are found. You could also make clearer connections between the Babylonian creation stories and those found in Genesis, as well as make a reference to the vestigial nature of the polytheistic undertones in creation stories in the Hebrew Bible. Sctimmons (talk) 20:21, 11 February 2015 (UTC)
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message: Hello, I am a student at Miami University in Oxford, OH and was looking at the page for a class I am taking.  I found something that I think would be a useful addition to the folklore section. Underneath the section labeled "Jewish folklore" I plan on adding this sentence. 
"Rahab has also been mentioned in connection with Biblical Creation, that Rahab was destroyed by the creator before he began his work of creation."Coogan, Michael D. (2014). The Old Testament: A Historical and Literary Introduction to Hebrew Scriptures. New York: Oxford University Press.pp. 40. ISBN 978-0-I9-994661-7 
Any feedback is greatly appreciated. Thank you. Dkcincy (talk) 04:36, 21 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Rahab before Creation