Righteous Gentiles in the Hebrew Bible
Subtitle: ancient role models for sacred relationships
By: Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin ; foreword by Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis ; preface by Phyllis Tickle.
Edition: 2008 quality paperback ed.
Publisher: Jewish Lights Pub.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Woodstock, VT
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 151
ISBN-13: 9781580233644
Subjects: Bible. -- O.T. -- Biography; Bible. -- O.T. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Righteous Gentiles in the Bible; Gentiles in the Old Testament; Justice (Jewish theology)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Melchizedek: the first righteous Gentile and the first person to bless a Jew; title: Hagar and Ishmael: the first woman to hear the divine voice; the first Jewish child to be saved from death; title: Tamar: the first teacher of morality to the Jewish people; title: Asnat: the first Gentile mother of Jewish children; title: Shifrah and Puah: the righteous midwives who invented civil disobedience; title: Bityah, Pharaoh's daughter: the mother of Moses and nurturer of the Jewish people; title: Jethro: the father-in-law and teacher of Moses; title: Rachav: the prostitute who was the first "Gentile Zionist"; title: Yael: the gentile warrior who fought for the Israelites; title: Hiram: the "contractor" for Solomon's temple; title: Naaman: the Syrian general who acknowledged God; title: The sailors and the Ninevites: Gentiles who acknowledge God; Gentiles who repent; title: Ruth: the classic "convert" to Judaism; title: Cyrus, king of Persia: the creator of the second Jewish commonwealth; title: Dama ben Netinah: a post-biblical righteous Gentile and exemplar of honoring parents.