The Holy Bible Makes Me Sick!
...or at least it made me super-queasy last night. I don’t have a strong stomach when it comes to gore.
I’m doing research on an upcoming play about Old Testament stories. There’s a well-known story about how God tests Abraham’s faith by telling him to sacrifice his son, then just before the act, God tells him it was just a test, so the son is ( Read more... )
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Daughters are the property of their father. Daughters which are virgins are worth more:
Deuteronomy 22:28-29:
28 If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;
29 Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days.
So, 1 sheckel is approximately 11grams.
So, the cost of virginity is approximately 550g or 19.4 oz of silver.
Or in modern money, $182.36.
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