--- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > In a message dated 10/25/06 5:11:44 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > If you read the explanation above the word in Hebrew is not miscarriage but > > rather premature birth. If there is no further damage a fine is paid. > However > > if there is damage up to the ultimate damage , death, then the law of > > retaliation applies. > > > > Not according to the Talmud, which was finally written down about 2 thousand > years ago > based on the legal practices of the Jews during the time of Jesus. > > > > > There are at least two problems with this interpretation. First, the normal > Hebrew word for miscarry is not used in this passage (cf. Gen. 31:38; Exod. > 23:26; Job 2:10; Hos. 9:14). Most commentators now believe that the action > described in verse 22 is a premature birth not an accidental miscarriage. > Second, even if the verses do describe a miscarriage, the passage cannot be used to > justify abortion. The injury was accidental, not intentional (as abortion > would be). Also, the action was a criminal offense and punishable by law.
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