GARY, IN — As Liam Miles cracked open a copy of The Beginner's Bible to read to his son, he couldn't help but notice that the text was noticeably vague on the backstory for Rahab the Harlot.
In a section titled "Joshua and the Spies," Rahab is described only as a person who lived in Jericho. Stranger still, her name was followed by a parenthetical, which appeared to discourage anyone from looking into the story further.
(NOTE: Rahab is just a person. End of story.)
"I could have sworn there was more to Rahab," Miles said as he read aloud to his son. "But I guess there isn't."
According to the publisher, Rahab's backstory was heavily edited due to the feedback of readers who said it made reading the unaltered account with their children an awkward experience. It's reportedly the same reason the children's Bible doesn't mention divorce or tax collectors.
At publishing time, Miles had preemptively explained to his son that the book of Judges in the regular Bible was drastically different from the stories found in The Beginner's Bible.
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