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  • From: Harold Holmyard <hholmyard3 AT earthlink.net>
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Dinah raped?
  • Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 22:13:45 -0500

Dear Kevin,
I've been thinking about this assumption that because the Levitical laws
state that a girl should be a virgin at marriage, therefore that is what all
Israelite girls were. Are we not assuming too much - given the data from
the rest of Scripture - when we assume that all - or even most - Israelites
actually lived in obedience to the laws? Does it not call into question the
many condemnations of Israel in the historical and prophetic books for
following pagan customs? Do we have any evidence for the culture actually
enforcing the ban on extra-marital sex, apart form the law codes?

Did you see Michael Abernathy's post earlier today about the age that girls married back then, with age twelve being mentioned. With a death penalty for doing otherwise, it would not be that hard to wait when a girl was just breaking into adolescence. I seems reasonable to think it was the norm.

Yours,
Harold





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