Where the levirate and the sororate exist, they testify to the importance of:

a. Romantic love as a reason for getting married.
b. The emotional attachment between brothers and sisters.
c. The diffusion of this Judaic custom from its Middle Eastern origin.
d. Marriage as an alliance between families, rather than between individuals.
e. The unimportance of children as a reason for getting married.


D

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