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subject	book bibliographic info
betrothal	Avery Peck et al. (2014) 103, 104, 105 Hickson (1993) 74 Porton (1988) 87, 223 van , t Westeinde (2021) 79, 83, 84
betrothal, adolescence	Huebner and Laes (2019) 302, 305
betrothal, adoption of husbands name	Monnickendam (2020) 67, 70, 76, 77
betrothal, annulment	Monnickendam (2020) 138, 140, 141, 161, 164, 170
betrothal, approval before the elders	Monnickendam (2020) 37
betrothal, argument for jesus davidic descent	Monnickendam (2020) 69
betrothal, argument for the virgin birth	Monnickendam (2020) 53, 59, 64
betrothal, as contract	Monnickendam (2020) 32, 56, 93, 97, 106, 161
betrothal, as jewish phenomenon	Monnickendam (2020) 31, 151, 180
betrothal, as matrimony	Monnickendam (2020) 32, 54, 56, 59, 62, 64, 77, 138, 161, 171
betrothal, biblical law	Monnickendam (2020) 54, 77, 97
betrothal, by kissing	Monnickendam (2020) 52
betrothal, by purchase	Monnickendam (2020) 116, 141
betrothal, by writ	Monnickendam (2020) 116
betrothal, celibacy	Monnickendam (2020) 87, 92, 97, 106, 172
betrothal, celibates, during	Monnickendam (2020) 92, 94, 96, 101, 103, 104, 115, 116, 132
betrothal, ceremony	Monnickendam (2020) 109
betrothal, dead sea scrolls	Monnickendam (2020) 148
betrothal, death of spouse	Monnickendam (2020) 77, 88, 99
betrothal, divorce	Monnickendam (2020) 99
betrothal, divorce, from	Monnickendam (2020) 98, 155, 156, 159, 160, 164, 165, 170, 171, 193, 198
betrothal, duration	Monnickendam (2020) 162, 171
betrothal, fornication, before	Monnickendam (2020) 191
betrothal, fornication, during	Monnickendam (2020) 32, 54, 76, 82, 100, 148, 155, 160, 164, 165, 171, 178, 180, 183, 185, 191, 193
betrothal, fornication, from	Monnickendam (2020) 143, 148, 171, 172
betrothal, judea	Monnickendam (2020) 58, 99
betrothal, ketubbah	Monnickendam (2020) 138
betrothal, legal requirements	Monnickendam (2020) 103
betrothal, marriages	Faraone (1999) 23, 79
betrothal, matrimony, as	Monnickendam (2020) 59, 62
betrothal, matrimony, to another during	Monnickendam (2020) 138, 155, 161, 164
betrothal, minimum age	Monnickendam (2020) 92
betrothal, minor	Monnickendam (2020) 141
betrothal, narrative, rebekah, as an agent in	Kanarek (2014) 69, 70, 81, 82, 83, 102
betrothal, onomastics	Monnickendam (2020) 70, 76, 77
betrothal, pregnant, during	Monnickendam (2020) 106
betrothal, rabbinic halakha	Monnickendam (2020) 57, 59, 97, 141
betrothal, rape, during	Monnickendam (2020) 97, 121, 148
betrothal, refusal	Monnickendam (2020) 172
betrothal, roman law	Monnickendam (2020) 32, 92
betrothal, sexual relations, during	Monnickendam (2020) 57, 58, 59, 88, 91, 95, 98, 100, 103, 106, 155, 162, 164
betrothal, son-in-law	Monnickendam (2020) 61
betrothal, to jesus, asceticism, as	Monnickendam (2020) 156
betrothal, vs. marriage	Monnickendam (2020) 58, 157, 160, 164, 171, 185
betrothals	Huebner and Laes (2019) 305
betrothed, abduction marriage, by ones	Monnickendam (2020) 130
betrothed, celibate woman and jesus	Monnickendam (2020) 156, 165
betrothed, christological	Monnickendam (2020) 123
betrothed, factual	Monnickendam (2020) 123
betrothed, fornication, by ones	Monnickendam (2020) 91, 122
betrothed, in service of theology	Monnickendam (2020) 53, 55, 57, 63, 93
betrothed, jacob and rachel	Monnickendam (2020) 52, 55
betrothed, jesus and church	Monnickendam (2020) 155
betrothed, lots daughters	Monnickendam (2020) 62, 64, 91, 97, 114
betrothed, rape, by ones	Monnickendam (2020) 90, 121, 122
betrothed, sexual relations, gentile with	Monnickendam (2020) 31, 180
betrothed, sexual relations, reader with his	Monnickendam (2020) 95
betrothed, to joseph, mary, mother of jesus	Monnickendam (2020) 53, 56, 63, 68, 69, 77, 81, 87, 89, 159, 186
betrothed, woman, sexual relations, man with	Monnickendam (2020) 178

List of validated texts:

5 validated results for "betrothal"

1. Hebrew Bible, Exodus, 21.6 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Betrothal • Ezekiel, betrothal • Marriage, betrothal • Sanctification, betrothal • Women, betrothal

Found in books: Neusner (2001) 92; Porton (1988) 223

21.6. וְהִגִּישׁוֹ אֲדֹנָיו אֶל־הָאֱלֹהִים וְהִגִּישׁוֹ אֶל־הַדֶּלֶת אוֹ אֶל־הַמְּזוּזָה וְרָצַע אֲדֹנָיו אֶת־אָזְנוֹ בַּמַּרְצֵעַ וַעֲבָדוֹ לְעֹלָם׃''. None

21.6. then his master shall bring him unto God, and shall bring him to the door, or unto the door-post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him for ever.''. None

2. Hebrew Bible, Genesis, 1.1 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • cultural self-assertion, and engagement with Homer • heresy, engagement with, in Christian writings

Found in books: Bar Asher Siegal (2018) 57; Goldhill (2020) 81

1.1. בְּרֵאשִׁית בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֵת הָאָרֶץ׃'
1.1. וַיִּקְרָא אֱלֹהִים לַיַּבָּשָׁה אֶרֶץ וּלְמִקְוֵה הַמַּיִם קָרָא יַמִּים וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים כִּי־טוֹב׃ '. None

1.1. In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.''. None

3. Mishnah, Yevamot, 13.1 (1st cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Rebekah, as an agent in betrothal narrative • betrothal, celibacy • betrothal, refusal • fornication,from betrothal

Found in books: Kanarek (2014) 81; Monnickendam (2020) 172

13.1. בֵּית שַׁמַּאי אוֹמְרִים, אֵין מְמָאֲנִין אֶלָּא אֲרוּסוֹת. וּבֵית הִלֵּל אוֹמְרִים, אֲרוּסוֹת וּנְשׂוּאוֹת. בֵּית שַׁמַּאי אוֹמְרִים, בַּבַּעַל וְלֹא בַיָּבָם. וּבֵית הִלֵּל אוֹמְרִים, בַּבַּעַל וּבַיָּבָם. בֵּית שַׁמַּאי אוֹמְרִים, בְּפָנָיו. וּבֵית הִלֵּל אוֹמְרִים, בְּפָנָיו וְשֶׁלֹּא בְפָנָיו. בֵּית שַׁמַּאי אוֹמְרִים, בְּבֵית דִּין. וּבֵית הִלֵּל אוֹמְרִים, בְּבֵית דִּין וְשֶׁלֹּא בְבֵית דִּין. אָמְרוּ לָהֶן בֵּית הִלֵּל לְבֵית שַׁמַּאי, מְמָאֶנֶת וְהִיא קְטַנָּה, אֲפִלּוּ אַרְבָּעָה וַחֲמִשָּׁה פְעָמִים. אָמְרוּ לָהֶן בֵּית שַׁמַּאי, אֵין בְּנוֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל הֶפְקֵר, אֶלָּא מְמָאֶנֶת וּמַמְתֶּנֶת עַד שֶׁתַּגְדִּיל, וּתְמָאֵן וְתִנָּשֵׂא:'
13.1. פִּקַּחַת וְחֵרֶשֶׁת, בָּא יָבָם עַל הַפִּקַּחַת, וְחָזַר וּבָא עַל הַחֵרֶשֶׁת, אוֹ שֶׁבָּא אָחִיו עַל הַחֵרֶשֶׁת, לֹא פָסַל אֶת הַפִּקַּחַת. בָּא יָבָם עַל הַחֵרֶשֶׁת וְחָזַר וּבָא עַל הַפִּקַּחַת, אוֹ שֶׁבָּא אָחִיו עַל הַפִּקַּחַת, פָּסַל אֶת הַחֵרֶשֶׁת: '. None

13.1. Beth Shammai says: Only those who are betrothed may exercise the right of refusal; But Beth hillel says: Both those who are betrothed and those who are married. Beth Shammai says: A declaration of refusal may be made against a husband but not against a yavam; But Beth Hillel says: Either against a husband or against a yavam. Beth Shammai says: The declaration must be made in his presence, But Beth Hillel says: Either in his presence or not in his presence. Beth Shammai says: The declaration must be made before the court, But Beth Hillel says: Either before the court or not before the court. Beth Hillel said to Beth Shammai: A girl may exercise the right of refusal while she is a minor even four or five times. Beth Shammai said to them: “The daughters of Israel are not ownerless property! Rather, either she makes a declaration of refusal and then waits until she is of age, or she makes a declaration of refusal and marries again immediately. Section one: According to Beth Shammai only those who are betrothed are allowed to make a declaration of refusal and thereby leave their husbands without a get. Beth Hillel says even if she was married she may do so. According to the Talmud, Beth Shammai allows only the betrothed woman to refuse because if the married woman also was able to refuse, men would not want to spend the money involved in marrying a minor, lest she later refuse the marriage. Section two: If the minor girl was married off by her mother or brother and then her husband died, according to Beth Shammai she cannot make a declaration against her yavam. Rather she must wait until she reaches majority age and then request halitzah. However, according to Beth Hillel she may make such a declaration against the yavam as well. However, even though she has annulled her marriage to the yavam’s brother, she cannot at a later point marry the yavam, since she was at one point his brother’s wife. Section three: According to Beth Shammai, she must make the declaration of refusal in front of him. According to Beth Hillel, this is not necessary. Section four: According to Beth Shammai, she must make the declaration of refusal in front of a court. According to Beth Hillel, this is not necessary. Section five: According to Beth Hillel, as long as she is still a minor, she may be married off as many times as her brothers and mother wish and she may later refuse as many marriages as they offer. Beth Shammai offers a moral objection to this possibility, for through it a girl could be betrothed (but according to Beth Shammai not married) to several men without ever having received a get. Rather she either waits until she is an adult or makes a declaration of refusal and then marries immediately, at which point she could no longer refuse, according to Beth Shammai. Note that this last section is phrased differently than the previous sections. According to some mishnaic commentators, since Beth Shammai explains their position the halakhah is according to them in this section. In all of the other sections, the halakhah follows Beth Hillel, as it usually does.''. None

4. None, None, nan (1st cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Betrothal • betrothal, by purchase • betrothal, by writ • celibates, during betrothal

Found in books: Monnickendam (2020) 116; Porton (1988) 223

5. Anon., Genesis Rabba, 22.2 (2nd cent. CE - 5th cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Anthropomorphism, Sympathy/Engagement • heresy, engagement with, in Christian writings

Found in books: Bar Asher Siegal (2018) 57; Fishbane (2003) 153

22.2. וְהָאָדָם יָדַע וגו', רַבִּי הוּנָא וְרַבִּי יַעֲקֹב בְּרַבִּי אָבִין בְּשֵׁם רַבִּי אַבָּא בַּר כַּהֲנָא אָמַר, לֹא שִׁמְשָׁה בְּרִיָּה קֹדֶם לְאָדָם הָרִאשׁוֹן, וַיֵּדַע אֵין כְּתִיב כָּאן, אֶלָּא וְהָאָדָם יָדַע אֶת חַוָּה אִשְׁתּוֹ, הוֹדִיעַ דֶּרֶךְ אֶרֶץ לַכֹּל. דָּבָר אַחֵר, וְהָאָדָם יָדַע, יָדַע מֵאֵיזוֹ שַׁלְוָה נִשְׁלָה, יָדַע מָה עָבְדַת לֵיהּ חַוָּה. אָמַר רַב אַחָא חִיוְיָא חִיוְיִךְ וְאַתְּ חִיוְיָא דְאָדָם. וַתַּהַר וַתֵּלֶד אֶת קַיִן, אָמַר רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר בֶּן עֲזַרְיָה שְׁלשָׁה פְּלָאִים נַעֲשׂוּ בְּאוֹתוֹ הַיּוֹם, בּוֹ בַּיּוֹם נִבְרְאוּ, בּוֹ בַּיּוֹם שִׁמְּשׁוּ, בּוֹ בַּיּוֹם הוֹצִיאוּ תּוֹלָדוֹת. אָמַר לֵיהּ רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן קָרְחָה עָלוּ לַמִּטָּה שְׁנַיִם וְיָרְדוּ שִׁבְעָה, קַיִּן וּתְאוֹמָתוֹ, וְהֶבֶל וּשְׁתֵּי תְאוֹמוֹתָיו, וַתֹּאמֶר קָנִיתִי אִישׁ אֶת ה', חָמַת לָהּ הָא אִיתְּתָא בְּנִין, אָמְרָה הָא קִנְיַן בַּעֲלִי בְּיָדִי. רַבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל שָׁאַל אֶת רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא אָמַר לוֹ בִּשְׁבִיל שֶׁשִּׁמַּשְׁתָּ נַחוּם אִישׁ גַּם זוֹ עֶשְׂרִים וּשְׁתַּיִם שָׁנָה, אַכִין וְרַקִּין מִעוּטִים, אֶתִין וְגַמִּין רִבּוּיִים, הַאי אֶת דִּכְתִיב הָכָא מַהוּ, אָמַר אִלּוּ נֶאֱמַר קָנִיתִי אִישׁ ה', הָיָה הַדָּבָר קָשֶׁה, אֶלָּא אֶת ה'. אָמַר לֵיהּ (דברים לב, מז): כִּי לֹא דָּבָר רֵק הוּא מִכֶּם, וְאִם רֵק הוּא מִכֶּם, שֶׁאֵין אַתֶּם יוֹדְעִים לִדְרשׁ, אֶלָּא אֶת ה', לְשֶׁעָבַר אָדָם נִבְרָא מֵאֲדָמָה, וְחַוָּה נִבְרֵאת מֵאָדָם, מִכָּאן וְאֵילָךְ (בראשית א, כו): בְּצַלְמֵנוּ כִּדְמוּתֵנוּ, לֹא אִישׁ בְּלֹא אִשָּׁה וְלֹא אִשָּׁה בְּלֹא אִישׁ, וְלֹא שְׁנֵיהֶם בְּלֹא שְׁכִינָה."". None

22.2. "Now the man knew his woman Chava, etc. Rabbi Huna and Rabbi Yaakov the son of Rabbi Avin, in the name of Rabbi Aba bar Kahana said: Before the man, the creations had never had sexual relations, behold here it is not written \\"and he knows\\" rather, and it is written \\"and he knew\\", that is, he made known the way of the land to all. Another interpretation: And Adam knew - he knew from what bliss he was expelled; he knew what Chava did to him. Said Rav Acha: Chivyiah the snake is your snake, and you are the snake of Adam. \'And she conceived and gave birth to Kayin\' - Said Rabbi Eleazar ben Azaryiah three wonders happened on that day:on that day they were created, on that day they had relations, on that day they had children. Said Rabbi Yehoshua ben Korcha: two went up to the bed and seven descended, Kayin and his female twin, Hevel and his two female twins. \'And she said: I acquired a man with God\' - the woman sees herself with a baby and says \'behold the acquiring of my husband is definitely in my hand.\'Rabbi Ishmael asked Rabbi Akiva: since you have served Nachum Ish Gam Zu for twenty two years, and he taught that every \'ach\' and every \'rak\' make for exclusion and every \'et\' and every \'gam\' make for inclusion, in this verse what is \'et\' doing here? He Akiva answered: if it were written \'I acquired a man of God w/o the \'et\'\' that would be a difficult thing, rather it says \'I acquired a man with God\'. He said to him: \'Because this is not an empty thing for you\' (Devarim 32:47), and if it was empty, it is because of you, because you cannot LIDROSH, rather \'with God\' means that in the past Adam was created from the adamah and Chavah was created from the adam. From here and onward, “in our image as our likeness”—not man without woman and not woman without man, and not both of them without Shekhinah God’s presence.", ''. None

Please note: the results are produced through a computerized process which may frequently lead to errors, both in incorrect tagging and in other issues. Please use with caution.
Due to load times, full text fetching is currently attempted for validated results only.
Full texts for Hebrew Bible and rabbinic texts is kindly supplied by Sefaria; for Greek and Latin texts, by Perseus Scaife, for the Quran, by Tanzil.net

For a list of book indices included, see here.

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