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Where does one look for information on the population of Jerusalem in the time of Jesus? What were the status and condition of slaves both Jewish and Gentile in the first century of the Christian era? Exactly who were the ‘chief priests’ referred to so often in the Gospels and Acts? Answers to these and to hundreds of similar questions related to social and economic conditions during the New...

transfer of the girl from her father’s power to her husband’s. The usual age for a girl’s betrothal was between twelve and twelve and a half (Bill. II, 374); but there is incontestable evidence of betrothals and marriages at an even earlier age (p. 363 n. 26).31 It was very common to be betrothed to a relation,32 and this not only in the leading families where it was difficult for young people to meet because the daughters were kept secluded from the world. Thus for example we hear of a father and
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