What is in question: Matthew names Rahab as Boaz's mother, but does not explicitly say she is the Rahab from Jericho, so the issue is whether the two references identify the same woman.

One reading

Matthew means Rahab of Jericho

majority

Claim: Matthew's Rahab is read as the same Rahab associated with Jericho.

Basis: Matthew 1:5 names Rahab in the genealogy; Joshua 6:25 names Rahab at Jericho, and Hebrews 11:31 remembers Rahab's faith.

Who holds it: not attributed to a named source in this dataset

Verses:

Another reading

Matthew's Rahab is not further identified

minority

Claim: Matthew gives the name Rahab but does not explicitly identify her with the woman from Jericho, and the chronology raises a caution.

Basis: Matthew 1:5 gives only the genealogy link from Salmon and Rahab to Boaz; it does not narrate Rahab's earlier story.

Who holds it: not attributed to a named source in this dataset

Verses:

Scholarly weight: The Jericho identification is the common traditional reading. The unidentified-Rahab caution is a real textual caution because Matthew does not spell out the identification, but it is not the wider view.

Graph note: The person is named Rahab because Matthew names her; the Jericho identification is shown as common but not silently assumed.