ISBN:
1580233643
,
9781580233644
Language:
English
Pages:
xxiv, 151 Seiten
,
23 cm
Edition:
Quality paperback edition
Year of publication:
2008
DDC:
221.9/22
Keywords:
Bible Biography
;
Bible Criticism, interpretation, etc
;
Justice (Jewish theology)
;
Righteous Gentiles in the Bible
;
Gentiles in the Old Testament
Description / Table of Contents:
Melchizedek: the first righteous Gentile and the first person to bless a Jew -- Hagar and Ishmael: the first woman to hear the divine voice; the first Jewish child to be saved from death -- Tamar: the first teacher of morality to the Jewish people -- Asnat: the first Gentile mother of Jewish children -- Shifrah and Puah: the righteous midwives who invented civil disobedience -- Bityah, Pharaoh's daughter: the mother of Moses and nurturer of the Jewish people -- Jethro: the father-in-law and teacher of Moses -- Rachav: the prostitute who was the first "Gentile Zionist" -- Yael: the gentile warrior who fought for the Israelites -- Hiram: the "contractor" for Solomon's temple -- Naaman: the Syrian general who acknowledged God -- The sailors and the Ninevites: Gentiles who acknowledge God; Gentiles who repent -- Ruth: the classic "convert" to Judaism -- Cyrus, king of Persia: the creator of the second Jewish commonwealth -- Dama ben Netinah: a post-biblical righteous Gentile and exemplar of honoring parents.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references
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