And then there is the premarital sex statement. What about the narrative of Tamar and Jacob or whoever? Yohanon destroyed the background of that--or else the law really was quite a bit more primitive than most of us realize.
I wrote that polygamy in the 2nd millenium was likely due to the loss of men during wars. Polygamy would have hastened the restoration of populations. But let me know if you find it still accepted in the IT or NT periods. In Corinth Paul says that a woman-son relationship would have shocked the pagans. Well, there were shocking things in Roman sexuality, in its households, but not polygamy.
I thought my greasy gracer stance was naughty. [emoji12]
Tamar is a hilarious story.
My favorite part is;
24 About three months later Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law, Tamar, has been acting like a prostitute, and now she is pregnant.”
“Bring her out!” Judah said. “Let her be burned to death!”
~ Judah is like... Let's burn this whore!
25 As she was being brought out, she sent her father-in-law this message: “I am pregnant by the man to whom these items belong.” And she added, “Examine them. Whose signet ring, cord, and staff are these?”
~ Then Judah probably turned 50 shades of grey! He was like; oh, I thought that woman was a town prostitute. My bad!
26 Judah recognized them and said, “She is more in the right than I, since I did not give her to my son Shelah.” And he did not know her intimately again.
~ Judah is like; So, um, no hard feelings about wanting to burn you alive, right?
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