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The Gospel Prohibition of Divorce: Tradition History and Meaning
Abstract
Each of the present Gospel forms of the tradition of Jesus' words prohibiting divorce (Mt. 5.32; Mk 10.11-12; Lk. 16.18) is a natural development of a single original form which (1) lacked the exception clause (which probably arose in a Jewish Christian context where adultery was understood as causing the total destruction of a marriage, and which in any case represents a re-formulation of the moral vision of Jesus for practical implementation as a rule of life); (2) included the man's remarriage as an essential part of the action being criticized (this is where the adultery against the former wife takes place); and (3) contained a form of the second clause about marrying a divorced women which is to be understood as referring to a woman who has deliberately precipitated a divorce from her husband in order to contract a more desirable liason. This original is traced to the historical Jesus.
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- Authors
- Nolland, J.
- Affiliations
- Trinity College of Florida (US)
- Corresponding author
- Nolland, John
- Venue
- Journal for the Study of the New Testament
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1995-10
- Volume
- 17
- Issue
- 58
- Pages
- 19-35
- ISSN
- 0142-064X (ISSN-L)
- 1745-5294
- OpenAlex
- W2023580364
- Cited by
- 9
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2014: 1 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 9.81
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal for the Study of the New Testament (publishedVersion)
- Explore Bristol Research (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Biblical Studies and Interpretation
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Religion, Theology, History, Judaism, Christianity
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › Classical Studies and Philology
- Keywords
- historical Jesus, adultery, remarriage, marriage
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