Tuesday, October 07, 2008

One Man, Seven Wives, Eight Children...

You would think seven wives would be more than enough to keep a man busy.

But Philip Sharp has a little more on his plate than usual - two are pregnant at the same time.

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Mr Sharp, a self-proclaimed rabbi, came to public attention two years ago thanks to his bizarre living arrangements.

God, he claimed, had told him he was a reincarnated Old Testament king. And so he lives like one, with a harem of devoted 'wives', none of whom he is legally married to.

Now the 'rampant rabbi', as he has been called, has eight children by four wives - on top of five by a previous and now estranged wife.

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