Marriage as a covenant : : a study of biblical law and ethics governing marriage, developed from the perspective of Malachi / / by Gordon Paul Hugenberger.
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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| Superior document: | Supplements to Vetus Testamentum, v. 52 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden ;, New York : : E.J. Brill,, 1994. |
| Year of Publication: | 1994 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Vetus Testamentum, Supplements
52. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xix, 414 pages). |
| Notes: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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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.