In Judaism, levirate marriage, known as yibbum (pronounced "yee-boom"), is a marital union mandated by the Torah in Deuteronomy 25:5-10, obliging a brother to marry the widow of his childless deceased brother. Well it was a reasonable thing, give the decided lack of social security back then. The Christian Old Testament refer to several instances of accepted plural marriages, including by Abraham, Jacob and David. Although it was asked of Jesus should a man marry seven wives under yibbum, on the day of resurrection who is the husband of the seven wives. Mormons of which there are about 20 million world wide believe in polygamy as do many other Christian denominations, claiming it's based on scripture. Some Christians still practice polygamy today.

It's likely that Mary, being so young, was not Josephs first or last wife. Jesus had a number of half brothers and sisters, as well as the likes of James who was Jesus's full brother. Jesus was married and may would have had children to several different wives/women. There were a number of women at Jesus's tomb, Mary Magdalene his paramount wife and several other probably younger wives as well. Which was the custom of the day, that wives stay and morn the deceased husband at his tomb for three days and nights.

Dear Paul,

Thank you for the information.

Interesting what we can learn.

I'm currently trying to find out more about the
history of the region - and from whom people in
the area descended and the links involved. For
example - the Palestinians. Where did they come from?

I suspect it will be quite a job.

But I want to get it right and clear, if I can.
Who's related to who - and how. Maybe that might be a good
general discussion to have - here on this forum?

"Dear Paul,

Thank you for the information.

Interesting what we can learn."

Dear Paul,

Thank you for the information.

Interesting what we can fall for.

There you go...fixed it for you.

"Fixed it for you?"

That's a belief that allows the comfort of opinion
without the discomfort of thought.

http://www.nationalreview.com/2023/10/israel-screens-horrific-footage-from-hamas-attacks-for-u-s-media/?bypass_key=S3A5WVBCTHNLeHhKbmNlMFBhWU52Zz09OjpWVkl4ZFZodFN6TkJSM2haYTNsYWF6bEdaVXBTUVQwOQ%3D%3D?utm_source%3Demail

"The footage shows gagged and bound civilians burnt to an unidentifiable crisp; the casual and summary execution of people, including children, cowering under desks in the dark as they hide from terrorists wearing headlamps; the grisly decapitation of a Thai worker already bleeding from the stomach by a terrorist using a garden hoe; and other horrors."

"During a segment of the video centered on the carnage at the now-notorious music festival at Re’im, first responders look at the corpse of a young woman, her skirt pulled up above her waist. At this point, Israeli military attaché Guy Barak provided context to reporters from the first responders: “She was raped, then burned.” The video also apparently shows her friends trying to identify her by her tattoo. Barak later mentioned “evidence that the women were raped and the legs had been broken.” This had occurred “systematically,” he added. "

"foreign minister has sought to share the video with specific audiences because we “can’t sugarcoat it” and because of the “conspiracy people” and the reality of Holocaust denial.

It is impossible to know the true prevalence of denial of Hamas’s atrocities."

Based on the people here, its about half.

"I'm currently trying to find out more about the
history of the region - and from whom people in
the area descended and the links involved. For
example - the Palestinians. Where did they come from?"

The Arabs mainly from Egypt and Sudan. The Jews mainly from Russia, Europe and Ethiopia.

http://en.rattibha.com/thread/1715303307768459692