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Rahab isn't Pocahontas

Comparing Rahab to Pocahontas assumes Israel was a colonizer. The biblical authors wrote from the perspective of the colonized.

Context changes the meaning.

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As they rebuilt after imperial conquest, they set boundaries and opened the gates to those who earnestly wanted in.

Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 383

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