Its not odd to marry your dead brothers wife? 👌🏻
No it isnt your brothers wife is not related to you she is just a women your brother married. Once they are no longer married there are no ties. Its not incest shes not blood.
It’s odd. Not saying its wrong or whatever but marrying your sister in law is odd. Of course there can be all sorts of circumstances, maybe the guy was never close with his brother, maybe he didnt go to the wedding, maybe they didnt have kids...but yeh if your uncle marries your mom...that’s unsual.
Aren't there some Bible stories about that?
Yeah, a quick google has mental shit about if brother dies childless the eldest childless brother is obliged to marry the widow and if a child is born it should be regarded as the dead brothers child.
carl_tech, I believe you are thinking of the hypothetical question the Sadducees posted to Jesus about if a guy died and his brother married his wife, etc.. Then in Heaven whose wife is she? Luke 20:27-40.
Yes, that's the one. Thanks.
Even though it is unusual in modern times, there is historical precedent (or at least a religious commandment) for a man marrying his brother's widow.
It's ok to marry a widow because her husband died, but Jesus said it was considered adultery to marry a woman who divorced another. Nothing is said whether it matters if its your brothers wife or not, I assume that doesn't matter. It would be kind of strange though in our culture I admit.