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Righteous Gentiles in the Hebrew Bible : ancient role models for sacred relationships
- Title
- Righteous Gentiles in the Hebrew Bible : ancient role models for sacred relationships / Jeffrey K. Salkin ; foreword by Harold M. Schulweis ; preface by Phyllis Tickle.
- Author
- Salkin, Jeffrey K., 1954-
- Publication
- Woodstock, Vt. : Jewish Lights Pub., 2008.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | *PDX 09-574 | Schwarzman Building - Dorot Jewish Division Room 111 |
Details
- Description
- xxiv, 151 p.; 23 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-145).
- 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 Gentile "contractor" for Solomon's temple -- Naaman : the Syrian general who acknowledged God -- The sailors and the Ninevites : Gentiles who acknowledged God ; Gentiles who repented -- Ruth : the classic "convert" to Judaism -- Cyrus, King of Persia : the creator of the second Jewish commonwealth -- Dama ben Netinah : a postbiblical righteous Gentile and exemplar of honoring parents.
- Call Number
- *PDX 09-574
- ISBN
- 9781580233644 (pbk.)
- 1580233643 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- 2008035872
- OCLC
- 227032979
- Author
- Salkin, Jeffrey K., 1954-
- Title
- Righteous Gentiles in the Hebrew Bible : ancient role models for sacred relationships / Jeffrey K. Salkin ; foreword by Harold M. Schulweis ; preface by Phyllis Tickle.
- Imprint
- Woodstock, Vt. : Jewish Lights Pub., 2008.
- Edition
- 2008 quality pbk. ed.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-145).
- Research Call Number
- *PDX 09-574