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Remarriage in Early Christianity
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What did early Christians believe about remarriage after divorce?Ā Ā
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The New Testament sends mixed messages about divorce. Jesus forbids it in Mark's and Luke's Gospels, but he seems to make an exception for victims of infidelity in Matthew's Gospel. Paul permits divorce in 1 Corinthians when an unbeliever initiates it. Yet other Pauline passages imply that remarriage after divorce constitutes adultery.Ā Ā
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A. Andrew Das confronts this dissonance inĀ Remarriage in Early Christianity. Challenging scholarly consensus, Das argues that early Christians did not approve of remarriage after divorce. His argumentācovering contemporary Jewish and Greco-Roman contexts, the Gospels, Paul's letters, and ante-Nicene interpretationāreveals greater consistency in early Christianity than is often assumed. Das pays special attention to the Greek words used in contemporary bills of divorce and in the New Testament, offering much-needed clarity on hotly contested concepts likeĀ porneia.Ā
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At once sensitive and objective, Das finds an exegetically sound answer to the question of remarriage among early Christians. This bold study will challenge scholars and enlighten any Christian concerned with what Scripture has to say on this perennially relevant topic.
ChoiceĀ Outstanding Academic Titles List (2024)
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The New Testament sends mixed messages about divorce. Jesus forbids it in Mark's and Luke's Gospels, but he seems to make an exception for victims of infidelity in Matthew's Gospel. Paul permits divorce in 1 Corinthians when an unbeliever initiates it. Yet other Pauline passages imply that remarriage after divorce constitutes adultery.Ā Ā
Ā
A. Andrew Das confronts this dissonance inĀ Remarriage in Early Christianity. Challenging scholarly consensus, Das argues that early Christians did not approve of remarriage after divorce. His argumentācovering contemporary Jewish and Greco-Roman contexts, the Gospels, Paul's letters, and ante-Nicene interpretationāreveals greater consistency in early Christianity than is often assumed. Das pays special attention to the Greek words used in contemporary bills of divorce and in the New Testament, offering much-needed clarity on hotly contested concepts likeĀ porneia.Ā
Ā
At once sensitive and objective, Das finds an exegetically sound answer to the question of remarriage among early Christians. This bold study will challenge scholars and enlighten any Christian concerned with what Scripture has to say on this perennially relevant topic.
ChoiceĀ Outstanding Academic Titles List (2024)
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1. The Widespread Acceptance of Remarriage in Antiquity
- 2. Jesus ābehindā the Gospels, or Jesus Remembered
- 3. The Meaning of Words in the Matthean Exceptions
- 4. The Matthean Divorce-Remarriage Texts in Context
- 5. āNot Boundā and āFreeā in the Apostle Paul?
- 6. The Witness of the Early Church
- Conclusion
- Bibliography