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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