(March 4, 2015 at 1:02 pm)LostLocke Wrote:(March 4, 2015 at 9:13 am)professor Wrote: Tubby, the laws God set up specified if a man died without leaving posterity and he had a brother who was unmarried, that brother was to marry the widow and bring up children with herAt what stage is the widow asked if she wants this arrangement?
Don't be silly. Women are cattle in the eyes of the authors of the bible. You wouldn't ask a cow whether or not she wants to be sold, or to whom, would you?
Incidentally - there are provisions in Jewish tradition for when the unmarried brother in question does not wish to marry his brother's widow. It's called "Halizah" and is sometimes practiced even today, among orthodox Jews.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halizah
Quote:The process involves the taking off of a brother-in-law's shoe by the widow of a brother who has died childless, through which ceremony he is released from the obligation of marrying her, and she becomes free to marry whomever she desires (Deuteronomy 25:5-10).
Only one brother-in-law is obligated to perform the ceremony. The mode of levirate marriage (Genesis 38:8) is thus modified in the Deuteronomic code attributed to Moses, by permitting the surviving brother to refuse to marry his brother's widow, provided he submits to the ceremony of Halizah.
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