tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1093073246815817375.post515687980539865301..comments2023-10-30T03:25:58.171-05:00Comments on Fragments of Truth: The Desire to Regulate DesiresSisyphoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00510450325464865359noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1093073246815817375.post-30683754667268439422012-08-14T11:36:07.051-05:002012-08-14T11:36:07.051-05:00This is a REALLY interesting book with many morsel...This is a REALLY interesting book with many morsels of eye-popping information, often drawn from actual court cases of the time, allowing the people of the past to "speak". I found this little gem particularly interesting, considering so much of Hebrew law is similar to Assyrian law:<br /><br />"The Assyrian law mentioned above that allowed husbands to beat, whip, and mutilate their wives for misbehaving extended to anything short of killing them. Presumably, qualifying offenses included going about town unveiled. If only sexually available women, such as prostitutes and slaves, uncovered their heads in public, a respectable wife who did so would therefore be signaling her availability and, even worse, that her husband had lost control over her. For that, wives would suffer violence." p 28Quills and Boneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05739441161511789199noreply@blogger.com