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A modern Ketubah (traditional Jewish wedding document) The transgression of commandments is also called uncleanliness or defilement. This term is especially used of the chief and principal crimes, which are idolatry, adultery, and murder. ... In reference to adultery, we read, "Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things." (Leviticus 18:24)
Idolatry is one of three sins (along with adultery and murder) the Mishnah says must be resisted to the point of death. [27] By the time the Talmud was written, the acceptance or rejection of idolatry was a litmus test for Jewish identity: [28] “Whosoever denies idols is called a Jew."
Jewish-Christian Dialogue: A Jewish Justification. New York, Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195072730; Herbert Chanan Brichto (1983). "The Worship of the Golden Calf: A Literary Analysis of a Fable on Idolatry" in Hebrew Union College Annual, Volume 54. Kohler, Kaufmann; Blau, Ludwig (1906). "Idol-Worship". Jewish Encyclopedia. Kopelman ...
Idolatry is one of three sins (along with adultery and murder) the Mishnah says must be resisted to the point of death. [61] By the time the Talmud was written, the acceptance or rejection of idolatry was a litmus test for Jewish identity: [62] "Whosoever denies idols is called a Jew". [63] "Whosoever recognizes idols has denied the entire ...
Shammai took a more conservative opinion, arguing that only adultery was valid grounds for divorce. [2] The most accept theory of the Synoptic Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke are that they are based upon a single writer whose original verse is that of Mark, with Matthew being the most intended to communicate with the Jewish community. Some ...
New Testament authors also quote from other sources. The synoptic gospels have Jesus quoting from or alluding to deutero-canonical works several times, such as the Wisdom of the Son of Sirach. Paul makes three quotations from classical poets. The Epistle of Jude quotes the pseudepigraphal Book of Enoch (1 Enoch 1:9) and the Assumption of Moses.
Tōʻēḇā is also used in Jewish (and Christian Old Testament) scriptures to refer to: idolatry or idols (Deuteronomy 7:25, Deuteronomy 13:14, Isaiah 44:19) illicit sex (e.g. prostitution, adultery, incest) (Ezekiel 16:22,58, Ezekiel 22:11, Ezekiel 33:26) illicit marriage (Deuteronomy 24:2–4)
The Hebrew prophets frequently compared the sin of idolatry to the sin of adultery, in a reappearing rhetorical figure. [ 3 ] : 317 Ezekiel's rhetoric directed against these two allegorical figures depicts them as lusting after Egyptian men in explicitly sexual terms in Ezekiel 23:20–21: [ 4 ] : 18