The father probably had the Levite stay a few extra days while his daughter recovered from the beating he gave her - "But if the slave recovers within a day or two, then the owner shall not be punished, since the slave is his property."
Misogyny is deeply ingrained into the Abrahamic tradition. This story brings together two threads, deeply woven into the Bible - slavery and misogyny. The Levite did not woo her, he bought her from her father and when she ran back to her father her father turned her back over to the Levite to do with as he pleased. Then after she died he sent pieces of her body to start a war, not for killing a woman, he had after all handed her over, but for killing a valuable slave.
The father probably had the Levite stay a few extra days while his daughter recovered from the beating he gave her - "But if the slave recovers within a day or two, then the owner shall not be punished, since the slave is his property."
Misogyny is deeply ingrained into the Abrahamic tradition. This story brings together two threads, deeply woven into the Bible - slavery and misogyny. The Levite did not woo her, he bought her from her father and when she ran back to her father her father turned her back over to the Levite to do with as he pleased. Then after she died he sent pieces of her body to start a war, not for killing a woman, he had after all handed her over, but for killing a valuable slave.