The Hebrew Bible contains a number of references to rape and other forms of sexual violence, both in the Law of Moses, its historical narratives and its prophetic poetry. == History of scholarship == Until well into the 20th century, academic consensus did not view the Hebrew Bible as containing acts of rape, that is, sexual actions performed without the consent of a participant, apart from the rape of Tamar in 2 Samuel 13.
The Hebrew Bible contains a number of references to rape and other forms of sexual violence, both in the Law of Moses, its historical narratives and its prophetic poetry. == History of scholarship == Until well into the 20th century, academic consensus did not view the Hebrew Bible as containing acts of rape, that is, sexual actions performed without the consent of a participant, apart from the rape of Tamar in 2 Samuel 13.
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