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Post by whollygoats on Jan 16, 2018 18:30:30 GMT
I have been reading on the Hebrews in an attempt to broaden my understanding of the context of first century Judea. Particularly, I have been interested in the 'Pharisees' and how they fit in. So, of course, I went to wiki, linked on the term. There, of course, I found a source for a juicy new (for me) term : A mamzer. Does that sound like anybody we might have heard about?
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Mamzer
Jan 16, 2018 21:37:18 GMT
Post by Kye on Jan 16, 2018 21:37:18 GMT
Yes!
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Mamzer
Jan 17, 2018 13:22:34 GMT
Post by Mari on Jan 17, 2018 13:22:34 GMT
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Mamzer
Jan 17, 2018 14:31:06 GMT
Post by JoeP on Jan 17, 2018 14:31:06 GMT
I agree.
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Mamzer
Jan 17, 2018 14:31:24 GMT
Post by JoeP on Jan 17, 2018 14:31:24 GMT
With Mari.
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Mamzer
Jan 17, 2018 17:14:11 GMT
via mobile
Post by tangent on Jan 17, 2018 17:14:11 GMT
I'm confused.
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Mamzer
Jan 18, 2018 14:04:56 GMT
Post by Mari on Jan 18, 2018 14:04:56 GMT
When is a child illegitimate anyway? If the parents aren't married to each other? Or when one or both of the parents are already married to someone else?
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Mamzer
Jan 18, 2018 15:07:06 GMT
Post by Alvamiga on Jan 18, 2018 15:07:06 GMT
I think it's to any couple not married to one another.
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Mamzer
Jan 18, 2018 17:53:13 GMT
Post by tangent on Jan 18, 2018 17:53:13 GMT
Or one of them is an alien from outer space.
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Mamzer
Jan 18, 2018 18:43:58 GMT
Post by whollygoats on Jan 18, 2018 18:43:58 GMT
Or one of them is an alien from outer space. Well, close.... From a Jewish point of view, as I understand it, the term would include: - the children of adultery, the father, or the mother, or both, are married to others; - the children of incest, the father and mother are too closely related (I honestly do not know what Hebrews consider 'too close'); - the children of a situation where it is impossible for the true parents to marry, like one of them is the great god almighty, YHWH.... Which, as I understand it, made little Jesus a mamzer. "The least of these."
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Mamzer
Jan 20, 2018 8:45:19 GMT
Post by Mari on Jan 20, 2018 8:45:19 GMT
I wonder why it would be worse to be a child of parents who can't marry for some reason even if they wanted to than being a child of parents who are already married to someone else. Shouldn't it be the reverse? Though in fact I don't understand the idea that children should bear the sin of their parents...
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