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I. Old Testament and Judaism – II. New Testament and Early Christianity – III. Church History – IV. Sociology – V. Systematic Theology and Social Ethics – VI. Law – VII. Practical Theology

I. Old Testament and Judaism

In the Hebrew Bible, the dissolution of a marriage is the husband's unilateral act. It was originally executed through a divorce form…

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Jackson, Bernard, Landmesser, Christof, Martin George, Gruber, Hans-Günter, Martin Petzolt, Pirson, Dietrich, Nave-Herz, Rosemarie, Kreß, Hartmut and Browning, Don S., “Divorce”, in: Religion Past and Present. Consulted online on 19 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1877-5888_rpp_COM_04069>
First published online: 2011
First print edition: ISBN: 9789004146662, 2006-2013



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