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In today's gospel, Jesus told a parable which struck me as anachronistic. It was about a husband and his ten newly married brides. In the first century CE, did the Jewish community practice polygamy? Would the idea be regarded as socially acceptable?

by /u/td4999 in /r/AskHistorians

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