Marriage as a Covenant: A Study of Biblical Law and Ethics Governing Marriage Developed from the Perspective of MalachiBRILL, 3. sep. 2014 - 436 sider This book focuses on the interpretation of Malachi 2:10-16, which censures the lax marital practice of its contemporaries. In particular, Hugenberger investigates Malachi's identification of marriage as a "covenant" in response to recent scholarly challenges to this identification. Taking the issues raised by Malachi as his point of departure, Hugenberger examines the nature of covenant and oath (including verba solemnia and oath-signs), and, in light of these findings, explores the theory of marriage implied elsewhere in the Old Testament. Included in this investigation are an analysis of the concentric literary structure of Malachi and a study of the Old Testament's ethical perspectives on divorce, polygamy, and sexual fidelity. An extensive bibliography and indices complete the book. |
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Introduction | 1 |
1016 | 13 |
14 Does it refer to marriage? | 27 |
16 and Divorce | 48 |
1016 and the Toleration of Polygyny Elsewhere in the Old Testament | 84 |
15 Malachis appeal to Adam and Eve for his understanding of marriage as a covenant | 124 |
VI Covenant and Oath Defined | 168 |
The requisite covenantratifying oath and oathsign for marriage | 216 |
VIII Marriage as a Covenant Elsewhere in the Old Testament | 280 |
Summary and Conclusions | 339 |
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