[B-Greek] Mt 1:18 hEUREQH EN GASTRI ECOUSA
Jeffrey B. Gibson
jgibson000 at comcast.net
Wed Feb 1 22:54:11 EST 2006
"L. Harris" wrote:
> The whole discussion on the blog could have been settled if anyone had taken
> the time to find out a little about Jewish law regarding betrothal.
> According to Jewish custom, the betrothal was one year. The main purpose of
> this was to make sure the bride was not pregnant and thus one way to prove
> her purity.
May we have your source for this please? Where might the evidence for the
existence of this "custom" be found?
Jeffrey
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