83:5.4 The [[Jewish]] [[custom]] requiring that a man consort with his deceased [[brother]]'s [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widow widow] for the [[purpose]] of "raising up seed for his brother,"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_22] was the [[custom]] of more than half the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_World ancient world]. This was a [[relic]] of the [[time]] when marriage was a [[family]] affair rather than an [[individual]] [[association]]. | 83:5.4 The [[Jewish]] [[custom]] requiring that a man consort with his deceased [[brother]]'s [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widow widow] for the [[purpose]] of "raising up seed for his brother,"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_22] was the [[custom]] of more than half the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_World ancient world]. This was a [[relic]] of the [[time]] when marriage was a [[family]] affair rather than an [[individual]] [[association]]. |