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Polygamy was a rare exception in post-exilic Israel. [16] The practice began to be criticized and declined during the intertestamental period [17]: 59–62 but there is some extant evidence of polygamy being practiced in the New Testament period.
Polygyny, or men having multiple wives at once, is one of the most common marital arrangements represented in the Old Testament, [1] yet scholars doubt that it was common among average Israelites because of the wealth needed to practice it. [2] Both the biblical patriarchs and kings of Israel are described as engaged in polygamous relationships ...
Although the Old Testament describes numerous examples of polygamy among devotees to God, most Christian groups have rejected the practice of polygamy and have upheld monogamy alone as normative. Nevertheless, some Christians groups in different periods have practiced, or currently do practice, polygamy.
[55]: 41, 42 Old Testament scholar Jerome Creach says the placement of the Genesis (1:1–2:4a) story at the beginning of the entire Bible shows it was normative for those who gave the Hebrew Bible canon its present shape. [56]: 4–5, 16, 18 Laws concerning the loss of female virginity have no male equivalent.
While some of the laws appear more developed than Deuteronomy, for example, the law concerning weights and measures is more detailed, the majority show less development, and the implication of multiple sanctuaries implied by the Holiness Code's laws, concerning altar ceremonies, is usually understood to imply a date prior to the banning of ...
Texas case G. Lee Cook, his wife D. Cook, and desired wife J. Bronson, of Salt Lake City, Utah, filed a lawsuit in hopes to abolish restrictive laws against polygamy. [48] Court cases against anti-polygamy laws argue that such laws are unconstitutional in regulating sexual intimacy, or religious freedom. [49] In the case of Bronson v.
Many of the patriarchs, including Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, King David, and King Solomon, practiced polygamy and/or concubinage despite God establishing one man and one woman for each other from the beginning in Gen2:24 and later clarified in the New Testament Matthew 19:4-8 by Jesus Son of God Himself saying that from the beginning God made one ...
The Deuteronomic Code is the name given by academics to the law code set out in chapters 12 to 26 of the Book of Deuteronomy in the Hebrew Bible. [1] The code outlines a special relationship between the Israelites and Yahweh [2] and provides instructions covering "a variety of topics including religious ceremonies and ritual purity, civil and criminal law, and the conduct of war". [1]