Morality In The Hebrew Bible

To understand these regulations we must always consider the context in which these are written as many were written in the Hebrew Bible in a time with a completely different culture to our own. For example one of the unquestionable regulations in the Bible is that of making adultery immoral. This can not be said to be down to the current culture of the time as it is clearly still the same case today. On the opposite side of this is that of Deuteronomy 22:28-29 where it is said that that if a virgin who is not promised to another man is raped that they must marry their raper. This clearly is not at all applicable in todays time and can’t be considered moral in a any way. This is clearly down to a difference in culture. This is because in the time it was was written there was no specific marriage ceremony but simply once you had sex with someone you are automatically married to them. This has clearly changed in the time since this was written showing that culture can clearly change the moral laws. …show more content…
In other parts of the Bible it argues that actually changing morality is perfectly moral in order to follow the laws of the day, for example Titus 3:1, “Remind them to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready to do whatever is