{"id":52921,"date":"2019-04-02T16:12:46","date_gmt":"2019-04-02T13:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=52921"},"modified":"2022-10-25T18:04:45","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T15:04:45","slug":"reappearances-of-rahabs-red-string","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/reappearances-of-rahabs-red-string\/","title":{"rendered":"Reappearances Of Rahab\u2019s Red String"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[444,856,438,434],"acf":{"old_id":"52921","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":52019,"related_cahpter":"189","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"An abolitionist code in the fight against slavery and the Confederacy","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Jericho spies designate a sign for their protector Rahab: If Rahab hangs a red string from her window, she and her family would remain safe from the imminent Israelite invasion; if she does not, she forfeits the promise of protection. This sign bears clear echoes of the Biblical past\u2014the sacrificial blood on the Israelite doorposts that drew God\u2019s protection from the Plague of the Firstborn in Exodus 12, the red string around the wrist of Zerah that signaled his emergence from his mother Tamar\u2019s womb in Genesis 38\u2014and its echoes also continue to reverberate in modern history.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The anthropologist Elly Teman explored the role of the Rahab story in the popular mystical tradition of wearing a red string around one\u2019s wrist as protection from the Evil Eye. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perhaps more surprisingly, Rahab\u2019s red string has even made an appearance in the political history of the United States. As documented by historian William R. Trotter, during the Civil War, a secret organization of abolitionist Quakers known as \u201cthe Red String Society\u201d operated in the Piedmont region of North Carolina. They sought to sabotage the Confederate war effort by facilitating desertion among Confederate soldiers. Their goal was to bring about the ultimate end of the evil practice of American slavery.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because the Red Strings committed treason against their erstwhile government, they took great pains to preserve secrecy. Each reportedly wore a red string on his or her lapel, a sign recognizable only to fellow saboteurs. The symbolism was unmistakable: The Union Army, by acting against the forces of enslavement, played the role of Joshua\u2019s army carrying out the will of God. The Red Strings expected and hoped that the forces of the Union would win the war and destroy their irredeemably corrupt Southern society. The Red Strings therefore played the role of Rahab, doing their part to assist the sacred war effort and bring down the Jericho Confederacy. 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