Sex, Marriage, and Family in World Religions

Introduction1. Judaism, by Michael S. Berger Introduction The Hebrew Bible The Elephantine Marriage Contract Hellenistic Jewish Philosophy in the Wisdom of Ben Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) The Damascus Document of the Dead Sea Scrolls Josephus on Marriage Law Mishnah on Procreation, Marriage, and Divorce The Babylonian Talmud Aggadic Midrash on Marriage and Family The Babylonian Talmud on Marital Sex The Babylonian Ordinance from the Academy on Divorce The Ordinances of Rabbi Gershom (The Light of the Exile) Medieval Marriage Contracts from the Cairo Geniza Love Poetry from the Golden Age of Spain The Order of the Get Maimonides on Sex Jewish Mysticism on Marriage and Sex The Book of the Pious of Medieval Germany The Epistle on Holiness (" Iggeret Ha-qodesh") Exchange Between Napoleon and the Jewish "Sanhedrin" on Issues of Marriage Contemporary Developments in Jewish Marriage Contracts Reform Opinion on Patrilineal and Matrilineal Descent2. Christianity, by Luke Timothy Johnson and Mark D. Jordan Introduction Creation and the Fall in the Book of Genesis The Greco-Roman Context Hellenistic Jewish Moral Instruction Gospels of Matthew and Luke Paul's Letters to the Corinthians and Ephesians Apocryphal Christian Texts Augustine of Hippo John Chrysostom Peter Lombard The Fourth Lateran Council Thomas Aquinas Mechthild of Magdeburg Martin Luther Anglican Book of Common Prayer (1549) John Calvin The Council of Trent George Fox A Contemporary Critique of Sexual Ethics A Womanist Critique of Family Theology A Contemporary Liturgy for Same-Sex Unions3. Islam, by Azizah al-Hibri and Raja' M. El Habti Introduction Creation and the Identity of Origin of Women and Men The Fall from the Garden and Gender Equality The Marriage Contract Consent to Marriage Mahr: The Obligatory Marital Gift Marital Relations Polygamy Marital Conflict Divorce Sexual Ethics Rights Within the Family4. Hinduism, by Paul B. Courtright Introduction Rig Veda 10.85: The Marriage Hymn The Grhya-Sutras: The

Don S. Browning is the Alexander Campbell Professor Emeritus of Religious Ethics and the Social Sciences at the University of Chicago. He is the author or editor of more than forty books, including Marriage and Modernization: How Globalization Threatens Marriage and What to Do About It.M. Christian Green is senior fellow and senior lecturer in the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University and author of a forthcoming title on fatherhood in the Western tradition.John Witte Jr. is the Jonas Robitscher Professor of Law, Alonzo L. McDonald Distinguished Professor, and director of the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University. He has published twenty-four books, including The Teachings of Modern Christianity on Law, Politics, and Human Nature.