vol. 40, Issue #4

Online Journal Article: Old Testament Perspectives On Divorce And Remarriage -Joe M. Sprinkle - Jets 40/4 (December 1997) 529–550

https://www.etsjets.org/files/JETS-PDFs/40/40-4/40-4-pp529-550_JETS.pdf

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Complete article may be found here:
https://www.etsjets.org/files/JETS-PDFs/40/40-4/40-4-pp529-550_JETS.pdf

OLD TESTAMENT PERSPECTIVES ON DIVORCE
AND REMARRIAGE -JOE M. SPRINKLE -
JETS 40/4 (December 1997) 529–550

Excerpt
The OT contains a great deal of material relating to divorce ethics. Unfortunately, many of the relevant passages have generally been ignored by theologians reconstructing a Biblical ethic of divorce.
This paper tries to fill the gap by emphasizing these neglected texts in the OT where divorce is either allowed—or, sometimes, even commanded—and where God’s estranged relationship with Israel is described by using divorce imagery. From these
data I seek to formulate a systematized OT rationale for the case. --from the first page of the article