some muslims say that joseph was over 18 and mary was under 18 when they married.
mary marriage.
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Do people actually know that for a fact?
Some Bibles describe Mary as a "young woman" so I always assumed she was over 18.
Some Bibles describe Mary as a "young woman" so I always assumed she was over 18.
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In that culture womanhood was regarded as the first menses. This could be commonly 12 to 15.
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Some of us like definitive answers on dozens of these types of questions. From my readings over the decades it seems to me that there were different opinions in ancient times just as there are now on many topics. So I now find anyone who says this is what they believed in ancient times to be misleading. Ya, someone believed that, but others believed something different.
When I was a freshman in high school a 13 year girl in my small home town got herself pregnant because she wanted to be married. Now this was in the mid 60s. So even recently I know examples that don't fit the norm.
When I was a freshman in high school a 13 year girl in my small home town got herself pregnant because she wanted to be married. Now this was in the mid 60s. So even recently I know examples that don't fit the norm.
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