7:00 Dr. Jeannie, that's an interesting aspect you're bringing here: if Mary and Joseph didn't have the wedding feast, in the traditional way, then how would people know and accept the fact that they were really married? And, I don't know exactly, but didn't the wedding feast implied also the moment of the consummation of the marriage, in which, if the bride was considered virgin, the husband or the father should confirm or prove the fact that the wife was virgin? Maybe that's not always the case, and not all marriages were done or expected to be for the purpose of procreation, but also for mutual support, in order to provide a safe life for the woman and housekeeping or nursing for the man and his children. I don't know.
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7:00 Dr. Jeannie, that's an interesting aspect you're bringing here: if Mary and Joseph didn't have the wedding feast, in the traditional way, then how would people know and accept the fact that they were really married? And, I don't know exactly, but didn't the wedding feast implied also the moment of the consummation of the marriage, in which, if the bride was considered virgin, the husband or the father should confirm or prove the fact that the wife was virgin? Maybe that's not always the case, and not all marriages were done or expected to be for the purpose of procreation, but also for mutual support, in order to provide a safe life for the woman and housekeeping or nursing for the man and his children. I don't know.