The History of Prostitution: Its Extent, Causes, and Effects throughout the World

CHAPTER I.

THE JEWS.

Prostitution coeval with Society.--Prostitutes in the Eighteenth Century B.C.--Tamar and Judah.--Legislation of Moses.--Syrian Women.--Rites of Moloch.--Groves.--Social Condition of Jewish Harlots.--Description by Solomon.--The Jews of Babylon.

Our earliest acquaintance with the human race discloses some sort of society established. It also reveals t...