Matthew's Birth Story: An Early Milepost in the History of Jewish Marriage Law
The New Testament's initial narrative, the Matthean birth story, though immensely well-known, can still provide some surprises. One of its novel elements is its presumption that Joseph requires a divorce in order to sever his betrothal to Mary, pregnant with another's child. That betrothal...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Sage
2009
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Biblical theology bulletin
Année: 2009, Volume: 39, Numéro: 3, Pages: 125-128 |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Divorce
B Jesus B Matthew B Marriage B Jewish Law B birth story |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Édition parallèle: | Électronique
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| Résumé: | The New Testament's initial narrative, the Matthean birth story, though immensely well-known, can still provide some surprises. One of its novel elements is its presumption that Joseph requires a divorce in order to sever his betrothal to Mary, pregnant with another's child. That betrothal constitutes a marriage and requires a get to terminate is a commonplace in the law of the Mishna, but appears nowhere in the laws of the written Torah: Matthew, though notoriously anti-Pharisee, is promoting the Pharisaic interpretation of marriage law, and is probably the earliest source available to us for this interpretation. This brief essay suggests some of the new ways that an examination of its contribution to the history of Jewish law provides, to look at this familiar passage. |
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| ISSN: | 1945-7596 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Biblical theology bulletin
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0146107909106755 |