RE: Rape in the Bible
December 2, 2014 at 12:16 pm
(This post was last modified: December 2, 2014 at 12:20 pm by Tonus.)
Quote:Deuteronomy 21:10-14 NAB)It's an interesting way to view marriage, at least under the circumstances described. She can be "given her freedom," which means that she is a slave. And not just by implication, since the verse admits that she was married "under compulsion." So her choices, once the Israelites conquered her people, is to be struck dead or to become a sex toy until her master has had his fill, after which she is "granted her freedom." Just imagine the prospects for a woman of a conquered race who was only spared because she looked pretty enough to fuck, and who now has been thrown out of her home. The compassion is thick enough to cut with a knife!
However, if later on you lose your liking for her, you shall give her her freedom, if she wishes it; but you shall not sell her or enslave her, since she was married to you under compulsion.
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