Jennifer Bird

Marriage in the Bible

What Do the Texts Say?

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is an honest engagement with relevant passages in the two primary Testaments of the Christian Bible. Bird invites readers to be honest about what these biblical stories, laws, and sayings meant in their original contexts, highlighting the conflicting messages about â biblical marriageâ from Jesus, St. Paul, and St. Augustine.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 542g
• ISBN-13: 9781538121054
• ISBN-10: 1538121050
• Artikelnr.: 59987421

Autorenporträt

By Jennifer Bird

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Section One: "Biblical Marriage"
1. Genesis 1:28 ~ "Be Fruitful and Multiply!"
2. Genesis 2:24 ~ Did Adam & Eve "Get Married"?
3. Matthew 19:4-6 ~ Sex Marks Your Territory
4. Ephesians 5:31-32 ~ This is a Great Mystery
Section Two: Marriage in the Bible
5. It's a Matter of Terminology
6. Matriarchs, Patriarchs, Laws, and Adultery
7. Newer Testament References
Section Three: That Which Remains
8. Makin' Babies?
9. What are They Modeling?
10. Only Heteros?
Conclusion
Postscript on Augustine
Personal Inventory
Appendix Musterion
Glossary
Bibliography
Notes
Index
About the Author