To: Destro
No. Polygamy was never okay.
I doubt you could cite a single instance in the Bible where a polygamous marriage was happy. This is one of those instances where Biblical narrative works against Bilical law, openning the way to to Judaism's finally banning polygamy in the middle ages, and, in fact, a restoration of Genesis 2:24...
"Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh."
Note the singular emphasis. One flesh.
24 posted on
05/29/2005 9:35:16 PM PDT by
onedoug
To: onedoug
monogamy is a pagan Greek invention. Nice to see the Jews caught up.
26 posted on
05/29/2005 10:24:40 PM PDT by
Destro
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To: onedoug
doubt you could cite a single instance in the Bible where a polygamous marriage was banned or not recommended.
27 posted on
05/29/2005 10:26:33 PM PDT by
Destro
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To: onedoug
This is the most unscholarly work I have ever read. Judaism had legal concubines. Some sects still do.
28 posted on
05/29/2005 10:29:21 PM PDT by
Destro
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To: onedoug
PS Christianity ended polygamy - not the Jewish religion. Minor point.
29 posted on
05/29/2005 10:31:46 PM PDT by
Destro
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