From the range of responses to women’s sexual offenses in ancient Near Eastern legal traditions, why does Deuteronomy select the harshest options? The scribes who composed these laws drew an analogy between women’s fidelity to their husbands and fathers and Israel’s fidelity to YHWH, viewing both forms of exclusive allegiance as essential to the wholeness of society.
Dr.
Cynthia Edenburg
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