Exodus 22:16-17Deuteronomy 22:25-27Deuteronomy 22:28-29Genesis 19:30-35Genesis 34:1-2Judges 19:252 Samuel 13:1-222 Samuel 13:15Lamentations 5:11Zechariah 14:2

Today victims of rape are too frequently made to feel they are on trial. The Mosaic code highlighted the victim's rights, both to monetary compensation and to recovery of dignity. This quest for dignity was a driving force behind acts of retaliatory violence recorded in the narrative texts. These texts, however, suggest the ease with which the victim is forgotten in the spiral of vengeful violence. See Sex, Biblical Teaching On .

Chris Church