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To: Katelew who wrote (219989)2/21/2007 11:46:33 AM
From: Wharf Rat  Respond to of 281500
 
? Cuz you know the mother, but not necessarily the father?



To: Katelew who wrote (219989)2/21/2007 11:53:43 AM
From: Sun Tzu  Respond to of 281500
 
It was a way to keep the wealth within the family...I think.



To: Katelew who wrote (219989)2/21/2007 2:49:40 PM
From: Nadine Carroll  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
In ancient times, Jewishness was by paternal lineage as you would expect, Jews being patrilineal and patrilocal, to use the anthropological terms. The rabbis changed the ruling sometime in the Dark Ages. Jewish women were getting raped too often, there had to be a ruling that regularized the status of their offspring.


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