Marital Imagery In The Bible
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Marital Imagery In The Bible
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Author : Colin Hamer
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2019-01-04
Marital Imagery In The Bible written by Colin Hamer and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-04 with Religion categories.
Marital Imagery in the Bible. It can only be imagined that when the New Testament writers made their (albeit brief) comments on divorce and remarriage that they assumed they would be understood. So what has gone wrong? In the years after the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 CE, when Graeco-Roman culture was at its height, the Jewish perspective of marriage and divorce, and thus the context of those brief New Testament comments was lost. The Christian church of that era was influenced by the neoplatonic ideas of the day, and an idealised concept of marriage developed from on Adam and Eve’s marriage recorded in Genesis 2:23—it was love at first sight, a marriage made in heaven. These concepts frame an understanding of marriage in much of Western culture even today. However, that was never the understanding of ancient Israel. Instead they looked to Genesis 2:24: ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh’—so a naturally born man chooses a wife for himself, and their union was based on a ‘covenant’—in other words an agreement. The Old Testament makes it clear what the basis of that agreement was. Furthermore, it is clear, if that agreement was broken, there could be a divorce and a remarriage. All the Bible’s marital imagery (where the Hebrew and Christian Scriptures imagine that God is married to his people) is based on that understanding of human marriage. But so strong is our concept of marriage, that when Genesis 2:24 is referred to in the New Testament, it is thought that the reference is to Adam and Eve’s marriage. It is a paradigmatic marriage that for many excludes (or greatly restricts) the possibility of divorce and remarriage. This study looks to challenge that paradigm—and to suggest that the New Testament writers would not have employed an imagery which had at its center divorce and remarriage, only to deny the possibility of such in their own human marriage teaching. Colin Hamer’s thesis represents the only recent work on metaphor theory in biblical scholarship. It challenges centuries of academic scholarship and ecclesiastical assumptions about divorce. Hamer’s detailed and well researched analysis challenges the consensus view that the marriage of Adam and Eve in Gen 2:24 represents an ontological unity, suggesting important implications for contemporary Christian teaching on marriage and divorce.
Marital Imagery In The Bible
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Author : Colin Hamer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-11-19
Marital Imagery In The Bible written by Colin Hamer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-19 with Family & Relationships categories.
This important and thoroughly researched thesis challenges centuries of academic scholarship and ecclesiastical assumptions about divorce. Hamer's detailed analysis challenges the consensus view that the marriage of Adam and Eve in Gen 2:24 represents an ontological unity, suggesting important implications for marriage and divorce.
Bonds Of Love
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Author : R. Abma
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2018-03-20
Bonds Of Love written by R. Abma and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-20 with Religion categories.
Bonds of love offers a fresh interpretation of a selection of prophetic texts that present the covenant relationship as a marital relationship. The accent in this study is on method: historical and biographical categories such as ‘the prophet’ and ‘his career’ are left aside in order to concentrate on the composition and internal cohesion of the text. The reading strategy developed in this book is both synchronic and communication-oriented. Since prophetic texts essentially consist of speech, it is insufficient to study the text in abstraction from the audience that it addresses. The texts have a communication purpose, and a three-part model is developed in order to investigate the communication effects of the text on the implied audience and the contemporary reader. The studies of Isaiah 50 and 54, Hosea 1-3 and Jeremiah 2-3 reveal that a synchronic interpretation of these texts can be very fruitful. Larger patterns of coherence come to the surface when one refrains from the procedure of atomizing the texts in original and secondary parts.The final chapter is devoted to the theological implications of the marriage imagery. What intriguing model of divine and human partnership is presented here? And what sort of intimate interaction between Yhwh and Israel is precisely envisioned?
The Implications Of Marriage Imagery For Theology With Reference To Selected Old Testament Prophets And The Pauline Corpus
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Author : Scott Douglas Niedfeldt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
The Implications Of Marriage Imagery For Theology With Reference To Selected Old Testament Prophets And The Pauline Corpus written by Scott Douglas Niedfeldt and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Bible categories.
Divine Marriage From Eden To The End Of Days
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Author : André Villeneuve
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2021-10-12
Divine Marriage From Eden To The End Of Days written by André Villeneuve and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-12 with Family & Relationships categories.
In Divine Marriage from Eden to the End of Days, Andre Villeneuve explores the mystery of God's love in the Bible and ancient Jewish tradition. Scripture portrays the covenant between God and his people as a divine-human marriage spanning through all of human history. For the ancient Jewish interpreters, God married humanity at the dawn of creation in the Garden of Eden; but the union was broken by human sin. The Lord restored the relationship when he betrothed Israel at Mount Sinai; yet the covenant was wounded again with the transgression of the golden calf. The nuptial bond was healed anew, commemorated, and reenacted through liturgical worship in Israel's tabernacle and temple. This worship in God's "nuptial chamber," in turn, anticipated the ultimate fulfillment of the divine-human marriage in the messianic age at the end of history. The first part of the book explores the marriage through Israel's biblical history in light of ancient Jewish exegesis. The second part unveils the marriage in the ancient interpretation of the Song of Songs and in wisdom literature. The third part reveals how the same symbolism is taken up in the New Testament and applied to the marriage between Christ and the Church.
Joni Ken
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Author : Ken Tada
language : en
Publisher: HarperChristian + ORM
Release Date : 2013-04-02
Joni Ken written by Ken Tada and has been published by HarperChristian + ORM this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-02 with Religion categories.
God's Immeasurable Grace. It's the most important ingredient for the perfect love story. Tragic circumstances often stretch relationships to their breaking point. But God's grace is always more than enough. For Ken and Joni Eareckson Tada, enduring quadriplegia, chronic pain, cancer, and depression only made their love more vibrant through thirty years of marriage. Discover a bond that has seen the worst and claimed the best. With sixteen pages of photos, peek into Joni and Ken’s challenges firsthand. Discover God's immeasurable grace along the way, as their story inspires and enriches your own relationships. A love untold. Until now. Ken underestimated the challenges of marrying a woman with quadriplegia. Even the honeymoon wasn't easy. Through their years together, Ken becomes increasingly overwhelmed by the unceasing demands of caring for a woman with chronic, extreme, nightmarish pain. He sinks into depression. Though living under the same roof, they drift apart. In the midst of their deepest struggles with depression and pain, Ken and Joni return to the one true answer to their struggles. One that is far from a denial of Joni's diagnosis or thoughts of how wonderful a quick exit to heaven would be. In their darkest hour, Ken and Joni encounter a heavenly visitation that changes their lives--and maybe yours too--forever.
From Genesis To Revelation God Takes A Bride
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Author : Susan A. Cyre
language : en
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
Release Date : 2019-06-02
From Genesis To Revelation God Takes A Bride written by Susan A. Cyre and has been published by Page Publishing Inc this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-02 with Religion categories.
This book examines the whole of Scripture as the unfolding marriage covenant between God and his people. The book demonstrates that God's marriage to his people is the central theme of the Bible. Eighteenth-century Reformed pastor Jonathan Edwards captured that perspective when he observed: The creation of the world seems to have been especially for this end, that the eternal Son of God might obtain a spouse . . . to whom he might . . . pour forth all that immense fountain of . . . love and grace that was in his heart and that in this way God might be glorified. This book traces the divine marriage from God's promises to Abraham, to the betrothal covenant that includes the Ten Commandments, to Israel's breaking of the covenant as described by the prophets, to the new covenant in Christ, and finally to the consummation of the divine marriage covenant in Revelation at the wedding of the Lamb. God instituted the marriage of a man and a woman in Genesis 2 to be an image of God's divine marriage with his people. Therefore, it is not a coincidence that both the Gospel and marriage are under attack in our culture. Human marriage cannot be rightly understood apart from the Gospel and the Gospel cannot be fully understood apart from marriage. This book enables Christians, whether single or married, to appreciate in a much fuller way the depth and nature of God's love for his bride. Seeing how the divine marriage defines and shapes human marriage also presents a clearer understanding of the spiritual importance of human marriage, inspiring Christians to pursue marriages that more faithfully reflect God's design. This book proclaims Scripture's message of God's unrelenting, irrevocable love for his bride and invites the church to respond. Susan A. Cyre, MDiv, helped found Presbyterians for Faith, Family and Ministry in 1995 and served as its executive director until 2014. She edited its bimonthly publication, Theology Matters. She has authored numerous articles dealing with biblical truth and its intersection with cultural norms. She and her husband live in Virginia.
Holy Matrimony
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Author : Steven Waterhouse
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
Holy Matrimony written by Steven Waterhouse and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Religion categories.
Famous Couples Of The Bible
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Author : Richard Strauss
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1982-12
Famous Couples Of The Bible written by Richard Strauss and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982-12 with Education categories.
Discover the secrets that made these Bible couples famous -- memorable examples of the possibilities and pitfalls of the marriage relationship. From the first honeymoon to the sorrows of childlessness, to tests of faith and endurance and forgiveness, Richard Strauss studies in depth the biblical accounts of the successful marriages and those with problems we can afford to avoid. With each study is a personal touch: application for our marital lives, including questions to sit down and talk about together. Let these secrets from Bible marriages add enrichment and instruction to your marriage and expand your concept of living in love. - Back cover.
Love And Violence
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Author : Gerlinde Baumann
language : en
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Release Date : 2003
Love And Violence written by Gerlinde Baumann and has been published by Liturgical Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Religion categories.
Review: "Love and Violence is a detailed study of the marriage metaphor in the prophetic books of the Hebrew Bible and a challenge to the use of that metaphor for depicting the relationship between God and Israel. It examines the ways in which the metaphor is rooted in gender assumptions of the ancient world and the inherent tension in the usage of the marriage metaphor in ancient Israel, as well as in today's church and society."--BOOK JACKET