than we know of hers, and the little information we know of her personality is largely about her husband. In rabbinic literature According to Rabbinic interpretation, Huldah said to the messengers of King Josiah, "Tell the man that sent you to me ..." (), indicating by her unceremonious language that as far as she was concerned, Josiah was like any other man. The king addressed her, and not Jeremiah because he believed that women are more easily stirred to pity than men and that therefore she would be more likely than would Jeremiah to intercede with God on his behalf (Meg. 14a, b; comp. Seder 'Olam R. xxi.). Huldah was a relative of Jeremiah, both being descendants of Rahab by her marriage with Joshua (Sifre, Num. 78; Meg. 14a, b). While Jeremiah admonished and preached repentance to the men, Huldah did the same to the women (Pesiḳ. R. 26 [ed. Friedmann, p. 129]). Huldah was not only a prophet but taught publicly in the school (Targum to ), according to some teaching, especially the oral doctrine. Burial site Two conflicting traditions exist regarding the final resting place of Huldah. The Tosefta records Huldah's burial site as between the walls of Jerusalem. During the Middle Ages, a second tradition developed identifying Huldah's burial site with a cave carved out of the rock beneath a mosque on the Mount of Olives. (See: Chapel of the Ascension, Jerusalem) The cave is considered holy to Jews, Muslims and Christians. References "Huldah", The Jewish Encyclopedia (article in 1903 public domain Jewish Encyclopedia). Further reading Reti, Irene Helen. The Kabbalah of Stone. Kavanagh, Preston Huldah – The Prophet Who Wrote Hebrew Scripture. Pickwick Publications, Eugene, OR, 2012. 7th-century BC people Biblical figures in rabbinic literature Prophets of the Hebrew Bible Women in the Hebrew Bible