Tuesday 25 September 2012

Harlot's in the Bible




Apparently there are many Harlots in the Bible, all within different texts and parts of the scripture.

Mary Magdalene was suggested to be a whore within society, the Bible doesn't adhere to this view of her.

There are a few notable harlots in the Bible, the first being in Genesis 38; taking place in 15th Century BC, the woman was dressed as a temple prosititute (or a woman that was a temple prosititute). This story, so to say, is about a woman who is left childless after the man she married dies; as the Levirate law was in action, the next brother must marry her to give her a male child to carry on the genes. This brother hated the deceased brother and would never give her a child, even though law's permitted it. The Father of the brother's promised she would have the youngest brother, when he came of age but that promise was broken; the woman then deceived the man by dressing as a temple harlot. In return for her services, he gave her a deposit of luxuries that he owned. After the act, she left and when the signs of pregnancy started to show she had the evidence she needed to show there was a legal father of the twins. 

The Woman deceiving the Father of the Brothers.






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