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===Judaism=== The Hebrew Bible contains no examples of women married to more than one man,<ref>Coogan, Michael D., ''A Brief Introduction to the Old Testament: The Hebrew Bible in Its Context'', Oxford University Press, 2008, p. 264, [https://books.google.com/books?id=2rxBAQAAIAAJ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151102034034/https://books.google.com/books?id=2rxBAQAAIAAJ|date=2015-11-02}}</ref><ref>Bromiley, Geoffrey W., ''The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia'', Volume 1, Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1980, p. 262, [https://books.google.com/books?id=Zkla5Gl_66oC] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151205165035/https://books.google.com/books?id=Zkla5Gl_66oC|date=2015-12-05}}</ref> but its description of [[adultery]] clearly implies that polyandry is unacceptable<ref>Fuchs, Esther, ''Sexual Politics in the Biblical Narrative: Reading the Hebrew Bible as a Woman'', Continuum International, 2000, p. 122, [https://books.google.com/books?id=xyvZT6PRsP0C] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151030103524/https://books.google.com/books?id=xyvZT6PRsP0C|date=2015-10-30}}</ref><ref>Satlow, Michael L., ''Jewish Marriage in Antiquity'', Princeton University Press, 2001, p. 189, [https://books.google.com/books?id=-tCwHpLFKTYC]</ref> and the practice is unknown in Jewish tradition.<ref>Witte, John & Ellison, Eliza; ''Covenant Marriage In Comparative Perspective'', Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2005, p. 56, [https://books.google.com/books?id=9zY2vQ7NPPoC] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015182548/https://books.google.com/books?id=9zY2vQ7NPPoC|date=2015-10-15}}</ref><ref>''Marriage, Sex And Family in Judaism'', Rowman & Littlefield, 2005, p. 90, [https://books.google.com/books?id=JFny1k_bv5cC] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151123175340/https://books.google.com/books?id=JFny1k_bv5cC|date=2015-11-23}}</ref> In addition, the children from other than the first husband are considered illegitimate (i.e., [[mamzer]]s), unless he has already divorced her or died,<ref>{{cite book |title=Principles of Conduct: Aspects of Biblical Ethics |last=Murray |first=John |year=1991 |publisher=Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |isbn=978-0-8028-1144-8 |pages=250β256 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=phoqAAaGMpUC&pg=PA250 |access-date=October 14, 2010 |archive-date=September 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921050741/https://books.google.com/books?id=phoqAAaGMpUC&pg=PA250 |url-status=live }}</ref> being a product of an adulterous relationship.
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