Divorce and the Bible: A systematic exegesis to challenge the traditional views - Softcover

Hamer, Colin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1425907504 ISBN 13: 9781425907501

Publisher: AuthorHouse, 2006

The Bible shows that husbands and wives have different roles in marriage to reflect the great redemptive theme of God and his people in mankind's story. Recently published research into Old Testament divorce practice shows that the different roles of husbands and wives gave different rules in the Old Testament for divorce as well as marriage. Divorce (and remarriage) was permitted when these respective roles - and rules - were broken. This was the situation Jesus addressed in the gospels, where it can now be seen that he addressed husbands and wives separately. There is not the discontinuity between the Testaments seen by virtually all commentators.

About the Author:

Colin Hamer has been an elder at Grace Baptist Church Astley near Manchester England for twenty years. He is Chairman of Opening Doors, a charity for the homeless. He received his B.A. (Hons) degree at Liverpool University . He has been married for more than thirty years and has two adult children. His book 'Being a Christian husband - a biblical perspective' was published by Evangelical Press in 2005.

• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1425907504
• ISBN 13: 9781425907501
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176