[Avodah] the cohen gadol and marriage to a pubescent girl

[Minden]

RZS wrote:
> It's quite clear that through most of history, including Roman and Medieval times, it was about 12-13, both for Jews and others.  It's very unlikely that it was ever as high as 17 for any large population, over any long time frame; that figure was probably taken from an atypical sample.

Well possible; I'm afraid my knowledge is from secondary sources like Wikipedia only.

Lipman Phillip Minden

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