Journal article
Did adultery mandate divorce? A reassessment of Jesus' divorce logia
New Testament Studies, Vol.61(1), pp.67-78
2015
Abstract
This paper argues that Matthew's so-called exception clauses to the prohibition of divorce (5.32; 19.9) make explicit what was already implicit in versions without them: that adultery required divorce. While biblical law required death for adulterers or expected it as a result of the ordeal of the suspected wife, the issue of divorce arose where communities no longer had capital rights and where guilt was not in question. Matthew's nativity story, the norms of Greek and Roman culture, notions of the defiled wife (Deut 24.1-4) and the use of Gen 2.24 to indicate permanent joining give plausibility to the thesis.
Details
- Title
- Did adultery mandate divorce? A reassessment of Jesus' divorce logia
- Authors/Creators
- W.R.G. Loader (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- New Testament Studies, Vol.61(1), pp.67-78
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Identifiers
- 991005543305907891
- Copyright
- © 2015 Cambridge University Press
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Arts
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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