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"Prostitute," "Harlot," "Whore" – Does it Make a Difference?
I’m sorry to disappoint you after that provocative title, but this is a translation issue. I was reading Judges again this morning in the NJPS. I read Judges 16.1, which is translated as follows: “Once Samson went to Gaza; there he met a whore and slept with her.” I thought to myself that I was…