SEX, LIES, AND VIRGINAL RAPE: THE SLANDERED BRIDE AND FALSE ACCUSATION IN DEUTERONOMY

From: Journal of Biblical Literature | Date: April 1, 2005| Author: Wells, Bruce | Copyright information

Deuteronomy 22:13-21 recounts a statement that a newly married husband makes concerning his wife.1 The scandalous nature of the statement has led some to dub this text "the case of the slandered bride."2 The gist of the statement is that the woman was not a virgin at the time of the wedding, as the man expected her to be. The main section of the text (w. 13-19) prescribes a course of action if the husband is lying and his statement turns out to be false. The two concluding verses (w. 20-21) s...

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