Please see Post #19 above. Deuteronomy 22:28-29 and Exodus 22:16-17 offer parallel confirmation of the punishment for out-of-wedlock seduction. I don’t think the canonicity of either Exodus or Deuteronomy is in question.I was sure that I had already responded to this or something like it but I can’t seem to find it.
You’re right of course, it makes no sense at all. The general method for telling if something is inspired (by God) is that confirmations of the same idea can be found elsewhere in the Bible (both old and new testaments). I cannot seem to find anything that confirms this passage.
Deuteronomy is considered inspired but I am beginning to wonder if such is the case.
It’s as if you’re saying that rape didn’t happen - it was mere enticing but I’m quite sure that rape was as much (or more) a part of ancient cultures as it is today.Please see Post #19 above. Deuteronomy 22:28-29 and Exodus 22:16-17 offer parallel confirmation of the punishment for out-of-wedlock seduction. I don’t think the canonicity of either Exodus or Deuteronomy is in question.
How did you get that idea from my post, if I may ask?It’s as if you’re saying that rape didn’t happen - it was mere enticing but I’m quite sure that rape was as much (or more) a part of ancient cultures as it is today.
you said:How did you get that idea from my post, if I may ask?
The relevant cites from scripture contrasted two separate offenses - sexual assault of an unwilling victim, and consensual, non-violent sexual relations between a man and an unmarried woman. Both sins under the laws of Israel, but rape being far more serious and meriting capital punishment.
Did you even read the post?
Unless I can find the same words elsewhere in the Bible, then it is for me. But of course that is not the Catholic view and I don’t mean to make it sound as if it is.I don’t think the canonicity of either Exodus or Deuteronomy is in question.
No problem.but sorry, I had misunderstood what you were saying