Divorce and Remarriage in the Bible

"By looking closely at the biblical texts on divorce and remarriage in light of the first century Jewish and Greco-Roman world, this book shows that the original audience of the New Testament heard these teachings differently. Through a careful exploration of the background literature of the Old Testament, the ancient Near East, and especially ancient Judaism, David Instone Brewer constructs a biblical view of divorce and remarriage that is wider in scope than present-day readings." "Among the important findings of the book are that both Jesus and Paul condemned divorce without valid grounds …