Bulletin for Biblical Research (6) (1996) 15-22

Hebrew spies who stay at Rahab's house may have been mixing busi-ness with pleasure, but the text does not say so directly. In spite of the . lack of stories dealing with prostitution in the Hebrew Bible, it is . clear that prostitution existed, was tolerated, and was probably more . widespread than rape. Rape was a crime with harsh penalties ... ................
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