Essay for Deuteronomy 22:23
כִּ֤י יִהְיֶה֙ נער [נַעֲרָ֣ה] בְתוּלָ֔ה מְאֹרָשָׂ֖ה לְאִ֑ישׁ וּמְצָאָ֥הּ אִ֛ישׁ בָּעִ֖יר וְשָׁכַ֥ב עִמָּֽהּ׃
If there be a damsel that is a virgin betrothed unto a man, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;
The Five Books of Moses, by Everett Fox
In this case a woman is all but married, yet a distinction is made between an urban and a rural setting in terms of her fate. Note that her consent is not an issue here; as a betrothed woman, she had no right to give it (Frymer-Kensky 1992a).
Ask RabbiBookmarkShareCopy