The Deliverance of Rahab (Joshua 2, 6) as the Gentile Exodus

This short article argues for an intertextual interpretation of the Rahab narratives in the book of Joshua in the light of the deliverance of the Hebrews from Egypt as recorded in the book of Exodus. The presence of a range of different verbal and thematic correspondences supports such a notion. Thi...

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Main Author: Lunn, Nicholas P. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2014
In: Tyndale bulletin
Year: 2014, Volume: 65, Issue: 1, Pages: 11-19
Further subjects:B Intertextuality
B joshua
B Old Testament
B Exodus Nave
B rahab
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Summary:This short article argues for an intertextual interpretation of the Rahab narratives in the book of Joshua in the light of the deliverance of the Hebrews from Egypt as recorded in the book of Exodus. The presence of a range of different verbal and thematic correspondences supports such a notion. This is further confirmed once a structural parallelism between the two portions of text is identified. Suggestions are given as to what the relationship was designed to indicate.
ISSN:0082-7118
Contains:Enthalten in: Tyndale bulletin
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.53751/001c.29362