Marriage as a covenant : a study of biblical law and ethics governing marriage, developed from the perspective of Malachi /

Marriage as a covenant : a study of biblical law and ethics governing marriage, developed from the perspective of Malachi /

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....

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Main Author: Hugenberger, Gordon Paul.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; New York : E.J. Brill, 1994.

Series: Vetus Testamentum, Supplements 52.
Vetus Testamentum Supplements Online, ISBN: 9789004264991.

Subjects:

Bible. > Malachi > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. > Malachi.
Marriage > Biblical teaching.
Covenants > Biblical teaching.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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Call Number: BS1675.6.M3 H84 1994

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary material
  • Introduction
  • Chapter One: The Interpretative Context of Malachi 2:10-16
  • Chapter Two: \'Covenant [ברית]\' in Malachi 2:14: Does it Refer to Marriage?
  • Chapter Three: Malachi 2: 16 and Divorce
  • Chapter Four: Malachi 2:10-16 and the Toleration of Polygyny Elsewhere in the Old Testament
  • Chapter Five: Malachi 2:15: Malachi's Appeal to Adam and Eve for His Understanding of Marriage as a \'Covenant [ברית]\'
  • Chapter Six: \'Covenant [ברית]\' and \'Oath\' Defined
  • Chapter Seven: Verba Solemnia and Sexual Union: The Requisite Covenant-Ratifying Oath and Oath-Sign for Marriage
  • Chapter Eight: Marriage as a Covenant Elsewhere in the Old Testament
  • Summary and Conclusions
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Sources
  • Index of Terms
  • Index of Authors
  • Index of Subjects.