The Biblical code of conduct

Dear Editor,

 

In "Lawful Incest may be on its way" (Boston Globe, May 2, 2007, http://tinyurl.com/37vy5d), Jeff Jacoby states, "For more than 3,000 years, a code of conduct stretching back to Sinai has kept incest unconditionally beyond the pale." He should try reading the Bible. In Genesis 20:12, the patriarch Abraham states that Sarah is his half-sister. The "Biblical code of conduct" also permits genocide, slavery, and polygyny.

 

Joachim Martillo

Boston, MA 02126-2813

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