Agreed. Married at three? I can't even think of a word to describe that. On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 6:30 AM, Chris Watts <[email protected]>wrote:
> I think on this occaision Rashi can be ignored, Mmm?. And as for > being a childless widow, Mmm....can one be childless above 14 years > old do you think? And a 14 year old wondering the desert by herself? > > > Chris Watts > Ireland > > > On 22 Jul 2013, at 13:53, Isaac Fried wrote: > > Bear in mind that many of the biblical heroines, Rebekah, Rachel, > Lea, Ruth, Esther, were just little girls (if I correctly remembers > Rashi says Rebekah was 3 years old when she married Isaac, then she > was "childless"). The fact that Ruth was still a childless widow at > the time, means she was about 14 years old. How old was Naomi? I > would say about 30. > > Isaac Fried, Boston University > > On Jul 22, 2013, at 8:19 AM, Chris Watts wrote: > > > I am too old > > > _______________________________________________ > b-hebrew mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew > -- Dave Washburn Check out my Internet show: http://www.irvingszoo.com Now available: a novel about King Josiah!
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