Weekly Bible Study Divorce & Remarriage Part IV

This week we study references to divorce in light of the Hermeneutic of the Romantic Subtext and the Symbols in the Law and the Prophets. We'll touch on the respect for marriage and virginity in cultures past and present, the question of divorce for sexual immorality under the Mosaic Law, and divorce as a symbol of God's mercy. We'll see that intent is required to be married, the difference between chattel slavery as practiced today in the Moslem world versus servitude in ancient Israel, and the fact that God considers a wife and children the property of a husband.

We'll examine the question of divorce for adultery in The Law, look at the punishments for both idolatry, and contempt of court under The Law, and who's heart was it that was so hard Moses suffered men under The Law to divorce their wives.