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Bible Questions and Spiritual Discussion
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moral questions on the law?
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so, I was listening to an april podcast of the DAB on lunch break for a little inspiration. It was deuteronomy 31 into 32. I went along with the lawbook, and I was horrified at what I heard.
I've read the old testament before, mind you, but some things I never put together. The penalty for raping a woman was to marry her? God's decree is that a woman should marry a man who frightens her half to death?
or how about elsewhere in deuteronomy, where a woman accused of adultery must prove she is not an adulteress by drinking a 'cup of suffering' composed of dust off the temple floor mixed with water, and if she doesn't suffer an inflammation, she is innocent but if she swells, she is guilty? (considering it seems pretty much guaranteed she will suffer an infection...
these are serious ethical questions, and I would very much like some input on the discussion - especially if you've done academic work yourself.
No less, the bible is heading towards the book of Joshua. And we know quite well the ethical questions THAT book can raise.
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Bibleman 10/01/2011 22:14 |
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Ray
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10/02/2011 08:22 |
It is not in 31-32. Deut 22:28 If a man happens to meet a virgin who is not pledged to be married and rapes her and they are discovered, 29 he shall pay her father fifty shekels[c] of silver. He must marry the young woman, for he has violated her. He can never divorce her as long as he lives.
but if the woman is pledged then the guy gets whacked:
deut 22:25 But if out in the country a man happens to meet a young woman pledged to be married and rapes her, only the man who has done this shall die. 26 Do nothing to the woman; she has committed no sin deserving death.
off the cuff, life was a bit different then, but I gotta run do stuff. I bet some scholars will love this thread.
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