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A wide-ranging commentary on the daily page of Talmud.

The mosaic possibly depicting Odaenathus fighting the Persians who are depicted as tigers.

Ketubot 51: Odaenathus בן נצר

jyungar August 26, 2022

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Rav Yehuda teaches that women who were kidnapped are permitted to return to their husbands after they are released, even if they engaged in sexual relations with their captors, since we assume that they were forced into such a situation against their will.

One case that does not fit into this category, according to the Gemara, was when a woman was being held by “ben Netzer.”

In such a case, a woman who slept with her captors was considered to have done so willingly and would be forbidden to her husband.

“Ben Netzer” was the family name of the man who became known as Odenathus, who ruled the city of Tadmor (Palmyra, Syria) in the third century of the Common Era. (Lieberman and Graetz)

He took advantage of the long and difficult war being waged between the Romans and the Persians to enhance his own position and influence well beyond the boundaries of the oasis that he called his capital city.

We explore the history of Hadron/Palmyra and this exceptional “king” considered the third horn in Daniel 9:8 (Gen Rabba) :

8 “While I was thinking about the horns, there before me was another horn, a little one, which came up among them; and three of the first horns were uprooted before it.

This horn had eyes like the eyes of a human being and a mouth that spoke boastfully.

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