In 2 Corinthians, I see allusions to one of the harshest laws in Deuteronomy concerning women, sex, and virginity – and yet, there is no violence in Paul’s letter.
In writing this post, I was one of the Top 15 2020 CBE Writing Contest winners. This article first appeared in
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Deuteronomy 22, Moonlight, Virginity in the Old Testament
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Moonlight, Sex (and divorce) in the New Testament, Virginity in the Old Testament
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There are a fair few strange laws concerning sex and marriage in the Old Testament books of law. Problem is,
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Deuteronomy 22, Moonlight, Virginity in the Old Testament
Note: I wrote this in 2019 because there was a debate at the time within Methodism. However, much of what
