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Righteous Gentiles in the Hebrew Bible
Ancient Role Models for Sacred Relationships
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eBook - ePub
Righteous Gentiles in the Hebrew Bible
Ancient Role Models for Sacred Relationships
About this book
Who are the ancient role models for the sacred relationship
between Jews and non-Jews today?
Now more than ever, gentiles are an integral part of the Jewish community. But they are not new to the Jewish story. In fact, righteous gentiles go back to Abraham. The story of the Jewish people can't be told without them.
Noted author and educator Rabbi Jeffrey Salkin provides an informative and inspiring look at the sympathetic non-Israelite characters of the Hebrew Bible and the redemptive relationships they had with the Jewish people. Relying on biblical and extra-biblical sources, he introduces each character, drawing lessons from the life of each that will be relevant to you, whatever your faith tradition. They include the âŚ
- First gentile to bless a Jew
- First woman to hear the Divine voice and save a Jewish baby
- First teacher of morality to the Jews
- First gentile mother of Jewish children
- Gentile midwives who invented civil disobedience
- Mother of Moses and nurturer of the Jewish people
- Father-in-law and teacher of Moses
- First "gentile Zionist"
- Gentile warrior who fought for the Israelites
- Gentile contractor for Solomon's Temple
- Gentiles who acknowledged God and repented
- Creator of the Second Jewish Commonwealth
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1. Melchizedek: The First Righteous Gentile and the First Person to Bless a Jew
- 2. Hagar and Ishmael: The First Woman to Hear the Divine Voice; the First Jewish Child to Be Saved from Death
- 3. Tamar: The First Teacher of Morality to the Jewish People
- 4. Asnat: The First Gentile Mother of Jewish Children
- 5. Shifrah and Puah: The Righteous Midwives Who Invented Civil Disobedience
- 6. Bityah, Pharaohâs Daughter: The Mother of Moses and Nurturer of the Jewish People
- 7. Jethro: The Father-in-Law and Teacher of Moses
- 8. Rachav: The Prostitute Who Was the First âGentile Zionistâ
- 9. Yael: The Gentile Warrior Who Fought for the Israelites
- 10. Hiram: The Gentile âContractorâ for Solomonâs Temple
- 11. Naaman: The Syrian General Who Acknowledged God
- 12. The Sailors and the Ninevites: Gentiles Who Acknowledged God; Gentiles Who Repented
- 13. Ruth: The Classic âConvertâ to Judaism
- 14. Cyrus, King of Persia: The Creator of the Second Jewish Commonwealth
- 15. Dama ben Netinah: A Postbiblical Righteous Gentile and Exemplar of Honoring Parents
- Notes
- Glossary
- Acknowledgments
- About Jewish Lights
- Copyright