Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Bill Rea <bsr15 AT cantsl.it.canterbury.ac.nz>]

Yitzhak wrote:-

>> People are not different, but they have different cultural values, and
>> our cultural sense
>> of right or wrong is different from the values during Biblical times.
>>

And Karl asked:-

>Oh? How are they different? Can you give any specific examples?

In the Bible the seduction of a married woman is a more serious
crime than the rape of a virgin. Most modern westerners would hold
the opposite view, me included.

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