From: Bill Rea <bsr15 AT cantsl.it.canterbury.ac.nz>
To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] xrm and the Canaanites' VIP treatment
Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2008 13:36:06 +1300 (NZDT)
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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