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Bible doesn't say. Nor do I care. Some say she was 12-14. I suspect she wasn't 45-50.
If marriage at 14 wasn't permitted at that time then Mary must have been older. There's no suggestion anywhere that she was "under-age", so why drag the possibility of paedophilia into it?teens is meaningless[13 is not a bit like 19] - if 13 or 14ish it does matter as paedophilia and it seems it was not sanctioned by the Talmud and early Judaism so how did Joseph get away with it - btw at a young 46 for John to take Mary to his own home would have been a scandal 0f the first magnitude to the strict Pharisees - twinc
If marriage at 14 wasn't permitted at that time then Mary must have been older. There's no suggestion anywhere that she was "under-age", so why drag the possibility of paedophilia into it?
Huh? John was 46? Who was John and how do you know he was 46?- btw at a young 46 for John to take Mary to his own home would have been a scandal 0f the first magnitude to the strict Pharisees
teens is meaningless[13 is not a bit like 19] - if 13 or 14ish it does matter as paedophilia and it seems it was not sanctioned by the Talmud and early Judaism so how did Joseph get away with it
Huh? John was 46? Who was John and how do you know he was 46?
Do you mean Joseph? If so I presume you may have gotten that from the Gospel according to James. If so, I don't even believe that is anything more than fiction.
Is that in the Talmud? If so it peaks my interest.
Huh? John was 46? Who was John and how do you know he was 46?
Do you mean Joseph? If so I presume you may have gotten that from the Gospel according to James. If so, I don't even believe that is anything more than fiction.
Is that in the Talmud? If so it peaks my interest.
My post states "the age at which most Jewish girls were married". I defer to your superior knowledge, obviously, but 14 isn't that unreasonable - it was legal to marry at that age in many Western countries until quite recently.not guilty - so see post No 5 and see for yourself exactly who is making the 'reasonable assumptions' - twinc
My post states "the age at which most Jewish girls were married". I defer to your superior knowledge, obviously, but 14 isn't that unreasonable - it was legal to marry at that age in many Western countries until quite recently.
I thought we had established that Mary was at least 14?marriage is a side issue to conception at 12 or 13 - twinc
I thought we had established that Mary was at least 14?