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From Claude.ai on 3/18/2025 Jephthah (JEF-thuh, Hebrew masculine name meaning “set free”) appears in the Book of Judges in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. Let me provide context for Jephthah’s story, including the tragic account involving his daughter. Jephthah in the Bible Jephthah appears in Judges 11-12. He was a judge (a military and civil leader) […]
Continue ReadingJoshua Replicates Moses The following paragraphs and bullet list are reformated paragraphs extracted from Christine Elizabeth Hayes’ book Introduction to the Bible (The Open Yale Courses Series) (pp. 167-168). Yale University Press. Kindle Edition. In several ways, Joshua seems to replicate Moses (Coogan, Old Testament, 199–201): All of these parallels indicate the narrative importance of […]
Continue ReadingJoshua’s Alter at Shechem where he and Abraham Settled Was Rahab Really a Harlot? at BAS by Anthony J. Frendo The consonants that make up the word “prostitute” in Hebrew are znh (זנה), which happen to be identical to the consonants of the Hebrew word for a female person who gives food and provisions.2 And indeed, the Biblical text does […]
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