punishment for rape

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punishment for rape

fschmidt
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Deuteronomy 22:28-29 seems to say that a woman must marry his rapist.  But the Hebrew word translated as rape doesn't actually mean rape, it is more vague and seems to mean that he caught her as described here:

http://www.answering-islam.org/Shamoun/ot_and_rape.htm
http://www.apologeticspress.org/apcontent.aspx?category=11&article=5197

In this case, it is similar to Exodus 22:16-17 where the father can reject the marriage, so I would assume this applies to Deuteronomy 22:28-29 as well.
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Re: punishment for rape

Allen
Interestingly, our word "rape" comes from the Latin eripio, which has a similar set of meanings.