Marriage
This section allows girls to be betrothed when ten but they may not marry until twelve and poses problems for women over 50 to marry.
The Spirit of Laws; On the Origin of Inequality; On Political Economy; The Social Contract
when the marriage was to be deferred for more than two years:6 and as they could not marry a girl till she was twelve years old, they could not be betrothed to her till she was ten. The law would not suffer them to trifle to no purpose;7 and under a pretence of being betrothed, to enjoy the privileges of married men.
- By the way, I am just learning to post to community notes and blogs. Wish you could have the notes just linked to the book you are commenting on.
- In answer to Helen Pierson, this post was a community note to a book I was reading, apparently to post community notes you do not do it to the book but to a blog. I am sorry it came to here. However, you ask why look at this information. The ten day study does not deal with marriage, but when you are studying a passage about marriage, it may provide insight to know the typical ages for the man and his bride. I have only found the answer for the bride so far. I got some other interesting information on the betrothal and marriage customs. Interesting information. The man can divorce his wife, not the reverse (at least in most situations). Read Mathew 5 re the husband causing his wife to commit adultery if he divorces a faithful wife. Christ is the Groom, we the church are His bride. The Bride cannot divorce the Groom, can you loose your salvation? You can, Christ can withdraw your Salvation. Will He? I doubt it. Can you turn your back (divorce the Groom) on your Salvation? Not in their marriage traditions! We are the Bride! The groom according to my readings, yes this is not from the Bible, normally lives with his parents and the bride moves into the home of the grooms parents. An interesting note on Jewish wedding ceremonies. The groom sees the bride before the ceremony! This is contrary to the Western Tradition. The Jewish tradition might be from the problem with Jacob's (Israel's) first marriage, he did not check beneath the veil! I have two or three books on the customs and manners of the Jews. I admit I also have learned from non-Logos sources. This from a non-Logos source I found interesting. Word of caution on this, the information is, I believe is accurate but a retired pastor is checking the information out. Even if, as I suspect the information is accurate, the suggestion as to the reasons this source gives for the facts might be wrong and it could be just co-incidence. Pontius Pilate had the charge for Christ's Crucifixion written in three languages, in Hebrew it said Jesus Christ, King of the Jews I believe, in Hebrew, original language on the one sign, it is four words. The first letter of each word gives us YHWH, if the words were one word per line, directly under the preceding word You have an acrostic spelling the name of God. The Pharisees were very offended with the Jewish wording in the Scriptures. Did Pontius Pilate deliberately have this particular wording and have it lined up as suggested? Even if the wording was lined up as suggested it does not mean Pilate was deliberate, but it gives one thought. Add to this fact a second fact, Pilate washed his hands of the matter before leaving the courtyard. You say so what? Consider another scripture passage, I forget where off hand, you can use Logos to find it. The Pharisees (or was it Sadducee) criticized Jesus because they did not wash their hands according to the traditions of the Elders. This was not strictly Biblical as it was the traditions of the elders. If Pilate washed his hands, in the manner of the traditions of the Elders, before leaving the courtyard, do you think that may provide some insight, and add to your thoughts on the first issue, the Hebrew script concerning the charges against Jesus? Might it add to the understanding of the message in the closing of the Roman trial against Jesus?
Rev. Kevin Obermeyer — Edited
Wayne Donald Baker When you post a community note, you can choose which Faithlife Group to post it to, depending on which and how many groups you follow (https://faithlife.com/account/groups) and if you find one group more appropriate than another. Or you can post a note in your own resources without it being a community note. Not sure if that is more information than you already knew, but I thought that might be what you were wondering. Thank you for sharing your thoughts.