> "If a man is found lying with the wife of another man, both of them shall > die, the man who lay with the woman, and the woman; so you shall purge the > evil from Israel." (Deuteronomy 22:22) > > I'm assuming here that this law covers either fornication or adultery by the > man.
No, it doesn't. In fact under Jewish law a man was not guilty of adulter even if he was cheating on his wife. Adultery was a crime solely determined by the martial status of the woman. warmest, Susan __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Web - http://list.jccc.net/read/?forum=bahai-st News - news://list.jccc.net/bahai-st http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist (public) http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] (public)
