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Was prostitution legal in the Kingdom of Israel during the reign of Solomon?
The wikipedia article is not clear:
Prostitution was common in ancient Israel, despite being tacitly
forbidden by Jewish Law.
What was the law forbidding prostitution? Given that prostitutes ...
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When was Jerusalem destroyed by the Babylonians?
When reading literature about the Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem, I always wonder which year it took place. Some books say 586 B.CE. and some say 587 B.CE. Is this because we don't know? Or is ...
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