Divorce and remarriage in the Bible : the social and literary context /
"By looking closely at the biblical texts on divorce and remarriage in light of the first century Jewish and Greco-Roman world, this book shows that the original audience of the New Testament heard these teachings differently. Through a careful exploration of the background literature of the Ol...
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Grand Rapids, Mich. :
W.B. Eerdmans,
c2002.
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Table of Contents:
- The ancient Near East : marriage is a contract
- The Pentateuch : the divorce certificate allows remarriage
- The later prophets : breaking marriage vows is condemned
- Intertestamental period : increasing rights for women
- Rabbinic teaching : increasing grounds for divorce
- Jesus' teaching : divorce on biblical grounds only
- Paul's teaching : biblical grounds include neglect
- Marriage vows : vows inherited from the Bible and Judaism
- History of divorce : interpretations in church history
- Modern reinterpretations : different ways to understand the biblical text
- Pastoral conclusions : reversing institutionalized misunderstandings.