TORAH TEACHING ON MARRIAGE, DIVORCE AND RE-MARRIAGE: Biblical Misconceptions & Traditions

“Teaching Our Marriage, Divorce, and Remarriage: Misconceptions and Bad Tradition”, with a strong focus on: Jewish thought Biblical Hebrew terminology Ancient cultural and legal context Jesus' teachings as reformative, not restrictive A defense for biblically-allowed remarriage BOOK STRUCTURE PROPOSAL TITLE: Teaching Our Marriage, Divorce, and Remarriage Subtitle: Misconceptions and Bad Tradition INTRODUCTION: RECLAIMING A MISUNDERSTOOD DOCTRINE Purpose of the book Western vs. Hebraic thought Overview of Hebrew legal and marital customs The need to define terms through Hebrew language, not modern assumptions CHAPTER 1: THE FOUNDATIONS OF MARRIAGE IN TORAH Hebrew word "Isha" (אִשָּׁה) — "woman, wife" Implications in Genesis 2:24 Marital unity as a covenant, not a contract The concept of "Covenant" (בְּרִית / berit) marriage Patriarchal practices: arranged marriages, ketubah (marriage contract) CHAPTER 2: DIVORCE IN THE TORAH — A PERMISSION, NOT A COMMAND Deuteronomy 24:1–4 — the basis of Sefer Keritut (סֵפֶר כְּרִיתוּת) – “bill of divorce” Sefer = scroll, written document Keritut = cutting off, legal severance God’s instruction to Moses was regulatory, not prescriptive Separation (first stage) → divorce (legal severance) → remarriage Financial and legal obligations: Inheritance Alimony Protection of the woman God's hatred of divorce (Malachi 2:16) Hebrew: “שָׂנֵא שַׁלַּח” (sane shalach) – “He hates sending away” Not just the act, but the abandonment without provision CHAPTER 3: HEBREW CONCEPTS OF SEXUAL IMMORALITY AND DIVORCE Ervah (עֶרְוָה) — “nakedness, indecency, shame” Used in Deut. 24:1 for “something indecent” — ervat davar (עֶרְוַת דָּבָר) Rabbis debated the meaning of this phrase: Shammai school: only sexual immorality Hillel school: even for burning food or public shame Biblical allowance for divorce: Neglect (Ex. 21:10–11) Abuse Sexual immorality Abandonment Inability to produce children in some cases CHAPTER 4: DIVORCE IN SECOND TEMPLE JUDAISM & JESUS' CONTEXT Overview of divorce practices in Jesus’ day Men abusing liberal divorce laws Diminished value of women Matthew 5:31–32 and 19:3–9 Jesus sides with stricter interpretation—not to forbid divorce, but to restore dignity to women Context: men divorcing without giving Sefer Keritut or financial provision Jesus wasn’t condemning remarriage universally His rebuke was for unjust divorce He acknowledged porneia (πορνεία) — sexual immorality — as valid grounds CHAPTER 5: WHAT GOD HATES — A THEOLOGICAL CLARIFICATION Malachi 2:16 revisited God hates treachery, not legal divorce when necessary Divorce was allowed to protect the vulnerable God’s justice includes provision and dignity CHAPTER 6: WAR, SEPARATION, AND AUTOMATIC DIVORCE LAWS Jewish legal rulings:, a man went to war over six months, he was to give: A conditional Get (bill of divorce) Her financial rights and inheritance A woman couldn’t be left in limbo (“Agunah” – chained woman) Marital fidelity includes financial care and legacy CHAPTER 7: REMARRIAGE IS BIBLICALLY ALLOWABLE Torah and Jewish law permit remarriage Example: Deut. 24 permits remarriage after a valid divorce Woman given her Sefer Keritut was “free to marry another” Jesus didn’t overturn Torah; He corrected abuses of it Paul’s teaching in 1 Corinthians 7 “Not under bondage” in cases of abandonment CHAPTER 8: MISCONCEPTIONS AND BAD TRADITIONS IN THE CHURCH Western misunderstanding of “covenant” The false doctrine that “divorced = disqualified” The danger of legalism over mercy Real-life application for pastors, leaders, and believers APPENDICES: Isha, Ervah, Sefer Keritut, Get, Berit, Porneia, etc. Sample Marriage Contract (Ketubah) with Commentary Charts Comparing Rabbinic Schools of Thought (Hillel vs.Shammai
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Author/Artist:BEN YAH, Dr. ELIYAHU SHMUEL
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