Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Karl Randolph" <kwrandolph AT email.com>]

Shoshanna:

A concubine was considered the same as a common law wife is 
today: the same as marriage only without the formality and paper 
work. An unfaithful concubine was the same as an unfaithful wife.

Karl W. Randolph.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Shoshanna Walker" <rosewalk AT concentric.net>
> 
> Unmarried women were allowed to be concubines without being denigrated.
> 
> There were rules there, too - the man had to support their children,
> and the woman couldn't be with another man.
> 
> Furthermore, if an unmarried woman has a child, that child is not
> denigrated by the community, and is not considered a "mamzer"
> 
> The unaccepted behavior, is for a MARRIED woman to be with another
> man - there was not a stigma for an unmarried woman to be with a man,
> it was acceptable if she stayed  with the same person....
> 
> Shoshanna
> 
> 

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