Language:
English
Year of publication:
2024
Titel der Quelle:
Novum Testamentum
Angaben zur Quelle:
66,1 (2024) 1-17
Keywords:
Jesus
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New Testament. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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New Testament. Relation to the Pentateuch
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Divorce New Testament teaching
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Pharisees New Testament teaching
Abstract:
In Mark 10:1–12, Jesus and the Pharisees discuss whether divorce is permissible. The Pharisees’ question and Jesus’s answer seem artificial against the background of ancient discourses on divorce. Particularly Jesus’s answer in Mark 10:9, which forbids divorce without exception, still gives rise to discussion today. It appears uncompromising and unyielding compared to other NT texts dealing with divorce (Matt 19:1–12; 1 Cor 7:10–16). I show that the prohibition of divorce in Mark 10:9 is the result of a conflict of authority between Jesus and the Pharisees that develops in the Streitgespräche in Mark’s Gospel up to Mark 10:1–12.
DOI:
10.1163/15685365-bja10059
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