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Gen 24:14 and Marital Law in 4Q271 3: Exegetical Aspects and Implications

Gen 24:14 and Marital Law in 4Q271 3: Exegetical Aspects and Implications GEN 24:14 AND MARITAL LAW IN 4Q271 3: EXEGETICAL ASPECTS AND IMPLICATIONS DAVID ROTHSTEIN Beth Shemesh, Israel The regulations concerning matrimony and divorce at Qumran have been the subject of much scholarly debate. In a recent study of 4Q271 3, A. Shemesh has argued that the Qumran community viewed the marital bond in ontological terms; hence, sexual congress alone suf fi ces in effecting marriage, a position also attested in rabbinic lit- erature and, possibly, New Testament sources. 1 On this view, so it is argued, the sect interpreted the anomalous passage at Deut 22:13 – 21, 2 which prescribes execution for a newly-wed wife found to have engaged in pre-marital sex, as re fl ecting the fact that the maiden’s pre- sent marriage is, by de fi nition, an act of adultery toward her previous 1 For recent discussion of Paul’s view of the marital bond and, speci fi cally, the posi- tion that Paul’s stance does not, in fact, re fl ect an ontological approach, see Y.M. Gillihan, “Jewish Laws on Illicit Marriage, the De fi lement of Offspring, and the Holiness of the Temple: A New Halakhic Interpretation of 1 Corinthians 7:14,” JBL 121 (2002), http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Dead Sea Discoveries Brill

Gen 24:14 and Marital Law in 4Q271 3: Exegetical Aspects and Implications

Rothstein, David
Dead Sea Discoveries , Volume 12 (2): 189 – Jan 1, 2005
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GEN 24:14 AND MARITAL LAW IN 4Q271 3: EXEGETICAL ASPECTS AND IMPLICATIONS DAVID ROTHSTEIN Beth Shemesh, Israel The regulations concerning matrimony and divorce at Qumran have been the subject of much scholarly debate. In a recent study of 4Q271 3, A. Shemesh has argued that the Qumran community viewed the marital bond in ontological terms; hence, sexual congress alone suf fi ces in effecting marriage, a position also attested in rabbinic lit- erature and, possibly, New Testament sources. 1 On this view, so it is argued, the sect interpreted the anomalous passage at Deut 22:13 – 21, 2 which prescribes execution for a newly-wed wife found to have engaged in pre-marital sex, as re fl ecting the fact that the maiden’s pre- sent marriage is, by de fi nition, an act of adultery toward her previous 1 For recent discussion of Paul’s view of the marital bond and, speci fi cally, the posi- tion that Paul’s stance does not, in fact, re fl ect an ontological approach, see Y.M. Gillihan, “Jewish Laws on Illicit Marriage, the De fi lement of Offspring, and the Holiness of the Temple: A New Halakhic Interpretation of 1 Corinthians 7:14,” JBL 121 (2002),

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