Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>]

Harold,

OK, but what if the man is telling the truth; he indeed did not find  
evidence of her virginity. And the wife admits herself that she was  
not a virgin upon marriage, claiming to have lost her hallmark while  
riding her donkey, boys style, over some rough terrain. What then?  
"Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's  
house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she  
die"?

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Jul 15, 2007, at 9:57 PM, Harold Holmyard wrote:

> Dear Isaac,
> > You appear to me to evade the point: A man comes to his wife on the
> > wedding night and finds her to be certainly lacking virginity. The
> > wife swears to the effect that she has never been with another man
> > before. Then what?
>
> HH: That not the situation the law outlines. Would you please read  
> what
> the law says:
>
> Deut. 22:13  Suppose a man marries a woman, but after going in to her,
> he dislikes her
> Deut. 22:14 and makes up charges against her, slandering her by  
> saying,
> "I married this woman; but when I lay with her, I did not find  
> evidence
> of her virginity."
>
> HH: That's what it's talking about.
>
> Yours,
> Harold Holmyard
>
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