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LevirateA rule specifying that a widow should marry the brother of her deceased husband. This keeps the dead man's wealth and children within his family. It also continues the bond between the husband's and wife's families. This rule is most common in societies that have patrilineal descent and polygyny. Question: Christianity homework help? Regarding sins, punishments, and atonement in the Old Testament, based on Scripture, Overview, and lectures, fill in A for Accurate or I for Inaccurate for the following statements.
1. In Leviticus 20, the death penalty is given for child sacrifice, cursing parents, adultery, incest, homosexual activity, bestiality, acting as a medium or fortuneteller. ___
2. Lists of rewards and punishments are found in Leviticus 26 and in Deuteronomy 27-30. ___
3. The usual penalty for not fulfilling the levirate law was severe public humiliation inflicted upon the man by the wronged woman, but when Onan contracepted so as not to fulfill that law God struck him dead. ___
4. Blood as the seat of life makes atonement for your lives, according to Leviticus. ___
5. The Ten Commandments are listed in exactly the same words two times in the Torah. ___
6. The Hebrew manuscripts did not assign numbers to the Ten Commandments, and Catholics and Protestants number them differently. ___
7. The original Old Testament text specifically identifies the Two Great Commandments about which Jesus will later talk in the New Testament. ___
8. One of the Ten Commandments forbids making of idols. But God commands making of images including cherubim and a bronze serpent. ___
9. Saul is punished with death because he disobeyed God's command regarding the ban and because he consulted a witch who conjured up the dead. ___
10. The Jews wandered for 40 years in the desert because they broke the Ten Commandments. ___
Question: Would you enter a Levirate marriage if the situation arose?
**lol, didn't mean to post it here**
Question: Do you personally know any couples which began their marriage as a levirate marriage? Are these marriages still common (or even not entirely uncommon) anywhere today? Question: Does anybody know the title of a film about levirate marriage? The film set in, i think, the early 90s..
it's about levirate marriage..
i remember it being kind of like a comedy.
And i think the brother was younger than the wife, but i don't remember.
I've looked for it, but i can't find it. And I'm still looking..
=] Question: When did levirate marriage cease in Judaism? Or does the principle continue in some other form.....? .....such as financial support for the widow by the deceased's brothers?
Did it continue in some areas or cultures longer than in others? Or was this something that ceased with the Temple in 70 C.E.? Question: Would you enter a Levirate marriage if the situation arose? In the Bible, God commands that if a man is married and dies without a son, then his brother is to marry the widow and raise up seed for him, so that his name and line will not die out. Needless to say, if the brother is already married, and marries her, that means he will have two wives. Unfortunately, polygamy is frowned upon by many in the Western world. Would you be willing to obey God and suffer persecution, or would you ignore the commandment?
lev·i·rate –noun- the custom of marriage by a man with his brother's widow, such marriage required in Biblical law if the deceased was childless. Deut. 25:5–10. Question: Christians, do you believe in obeying the Levirate marriage law despite laws against polygamy? In many Western Countries, polygamy is illegal. However, God commands that if a man dies without a son, that his brother will marry his widow and have children in his name and they will be the deceased mans heirs. This is commanded and it doesn't matter if the brother is already married or not. Would you obey God or your country?
Pastor, please read the Bible more. Jesus obeyed the Law (was sinless, because breaking the Law is sin) and Christians are to follow His example by keeping the Commandments right?
Pastor, you are reading from the NIV translation which should stand for Non Inspired Version...You should take that and throw it away...here is a better translation in the New American Standard Version although it's not translated perfectly either, but its a lot better than the NIV.
13When you were dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our transgressions,
14having canceled out the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.
This is a lot different than the NIV translation..just get back to the Greek. Question: Is birth control just as bad as abortion from a religious perspective? I mean there are alot of Christian girls on BC and what about hysterectomies?
I would rather you plant your seed in the belly of a whore than to spill them on the ground. (Gen 38:7 Gen 38:8 Gen 38:9)
-if it indeeds means :The Church Fathers were certainly aware of the Levirate law, nevertheless they saw the issue as Onan's willingness to enjoy sex, but not accept the consequences. Question: Religion as an instrument to deprive women and make them dependant, right? Christian kings commonly endowed their barons with the phrase, "Take that woman and her fief." The early centuries of the Christian conquest of Europe were largely occupied with acquisition lands from the pagan women.
a man shall "leave his father and his mother, and cleave unto his wife" (Genesis 2:24).
Naomi told her daughters-in-law to "return each to her mother's house" (Ruth 1:8) because houses were owned by mothers, not fathers.
A marriage agreement permitting removal of a woman from her maternal home was a violation of ancient laws. Therefore Abraham, seeking a bride for his son, had to give many gifts to the bride, to her mother, and to her brother (not to her father!) as compensation for taking her away from her home (Genesis 24:53).
Retention of property in the hands of a patrilineal clan was the purpose of the so-called Levirate marriage commanded by the patriarchal God (Deuteronomy 25:5). If a man died, his brother must marry the widow rather than allow her to take her property and depart from the family. Question: Study Guide help. Anthropology? The incest taboo is a cultural universal, but
not all cultures have one.
not all cultures define incest the same way.
not all cultures know about incest.
some cultures have replaced it with the levirate.
some cultures nevertheless encourage incest. Question: anthropology question? i need help studying for my anth. mid term. can somebody help me answer this question. Where the levirate and the sororate meet they testify to the importance of what? Question: If a christian man is already married, should he also marry his brother's widow if he dies without a son? In the U.S. polygamy is illegal but Peter said we must obey God rather than man. What is the right course?
Deu 25:5 If brothers live together, and one of them dies, and has no son, the wife of the dead shall not go outside to a strange man; her brother-in-law shall go in to her, and take her to himself for a wife, and shall perform the duty of the levirate;
Deu 25:6 and it shall be, the first-born which she bears shall rise up for his dead brother's name, and his name shall not be wiped out of Israel. Question: If a man had a brother with two wives and his brother died without a son, does he have to marry both widows? As you probably know, the Levirate marriage law says that when a man dies without a son, his brother is to marry his widow and produce a male heir in his name so his seed and name will not be blotted out. However, if the man left two widows does his brother need to marry both of them or just one? If only one of them, which one? Question: Questions about anthropology!!!!!!? 1. What does 'gender' mean?
2. In the United States, the rise of private militia groups relfect the ____?
3. Often, _____messages complement spoken messages
4. the smallest class of sound that does not make a difference in meaning is a(n)
5.The agents of enculturation are:
6. How do people store food for the future in a food foraging culture?
7. Someone who uses irrigation, fertilizers, and the plow to produce food on large plots of land is known as.
8. Marriage within a village is called.
9. in marriage what is a levirate?
These are a few of my questions for my final could someone out there please help me? It would be great! thanks Question: Genealogies of Jesus...? Why are there differences in the genealogies of Jesus in the New Testament?
Matthew 1:2-16 and Luke 3:23-38
Some Christian explanations:
1. Matthan and Matthat were brothers.
Comment: Yeah, right. That's why they have 2 different fathers - Eleazar and Levi.
2. Luke's Genealogy is of Mary's and Matthew's genealogy is of Joseph's.
Comment: Read the verses again. It says: "and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, " in Matthew and in Luke it says "He (Jesus) was the son, so it was thought, of Joseph, the son of Heli," . Is Jacob the father of Joseph or is Joseph the son of Heli? This can't be Mary's genealogy.
3. One or both of the genealogies are completely fabricated.
Comment: Exactly my point. The genealogies are fabricated and so is the Bible.
4. Jacob and Heli are the same person,
Comment: That's why they have different fathers, grandfathers, great-grandfathers, etc.
5. The Levirate marriage scenario:
Estha is the grandmother of Joseph. She married Mathan and by him became the mother of Jacob.
After Mathan died, she married Mathat and became the mother of Heli.
So, Jacob and Heli are half-brothers who have the same mother.
Heli married, but died without children. So his widow undertook the ancient custom of a levirate marriage, and married the brother Jacob to give her children in Heli's name. She gavebirth to Joseph.
Therefore, Joseph is both the biological son of Jacob and the legal son of Heli (from Nathan).
Comment:
This is quite ridiculous. First of all, we don't exactly have proof for this and this is just a long-shot. Second, why didn't Estha preserve the tradition of Levirate marriage? If she did, that would mean that Matthan and Matthat were brothers and I gave a comment on that above.
No offense intended. Does anyone agree with me? All answers are accepted. Please be respectful. Can you come up with a valid or logical explanation to prove why these genealogies don't contradict?
Whoops. #2 is not punctuated correctly. My apologies.
Morganie,
I think he adds the "so it was thought" because Mary was a virgin and so Jesus didn't actually have a father. :)
I still think that the genealogy does not actually mention Mary: making it her genealogy is therefore a "daring" interpretation. Most scholars discount the possibility that the genealogy belongs to Mary.
trinity.tom333, I understand that. I love the Bible for it's rich, vivid history and different writers. But, that's why I am not willing to accept it as an inerrant Word of God. Question: why do Hindus practice incest? Incest, the practice of marrying one's sister was very much prevailed in ancient India.
Incest was common among several tribes of pre-Aryan India and is still found in various parts of the country. Thus, the marriage customs of the panchama baiga of central India permit the union of grandparents and grandchild, while the Ernadan male of Malabar takes his eldest daughter as his second wife.
The Hindu levirate system, known as Noyoga, was a sort of incest, practiced for the sake of raising offsprings, though it appears to have been extended beyond legitimate bounds. As examples of incestuous marriages in Hindu mythology may be cited the union of Yama and Yami; Manu son of Vivasvat and his sister Sraddha; Prajapati and his daughter Ushas; Pushan and his sister Surya; Sukra and his THREE sisters; Suka and Pivari; Satrajita and his TEN sisters; Nahusha and his sister Viraja. Purukutsa's queen Narmada after her husbands death, obtained a son through her own brother. Draupada may have married his own sister to obtain Dhrishtadymuna and Draupadi. Kaisalya wife of Dasaratha was probably also his sister; and more than one authority has suggested that Rama and Sita were actually brother and sister.
Dr Sarkar thinks that the Rig-Veda furnishes rishi sanction (method) for the incestuous ties between a man and his sister, or even mother. The vedic rite called GOSAVA involved union with ones own mother, sister or female relative through which one secured entry into heaven. The Jaiminiya Brahmana relates that king Janaka of Videha, when he understood its (i.e. rituals) nature, refused to undertake the rite, but a Sibi king did perform it, acting out all the requirements.
Certain episodes in the Epics point to an established dynastic custom among the Pandavas and Kauravas of sons succeeding to the seraglios of their father on his death, and it was apparently in keeping with ancient usage for princes to consort with all the father's wides except their own mothers. Upadhya after citing several instances of incestuous practices among the ancient Indian people justly concludes, `In face of these numerous data, it futile to hold that incest is un-Vedic'. Whatever reasons the early Aryans had for despising the natives, they could not despise them on the score of their incestuousness.
The promiscuity that permeated the later extremist Tantrik cults demanded incestuous relations with one's sister, daughter, and mother, in antinomian rites that were believed to be especially pleasing to the goddess. Question: Indian rituals Sati and Niyoga??? Read on.? Niyoga.
Niyoga (Sanskrit: नियोग) is an ancient Hindu tradition, when a woman (whose husband is either incapable of fatherhood or has died without having a child) would request and appoint a person for helping her bear a child. The man who was appointed would most likely be a Rishi or a revered person. There were various clauses associated with this process, as follows:
The woman would agree for this only for the sake of rightfully having a child and not for pleasure.
The appointed man would do this for Dharma, considering it as his duty to help the woman bear a child and not for pleasure.
The child thus born would be considered the child of the husband-wife and not that of the appointed man.
The appointed man would not seek any paternal relationship or attachment to this child in the future.
To avoid misuse, a man was allowed a maximum of three times in his life time to be appointed in such a way.
The act will be seen as that of Dharma and while doing so, the man and the wife will have only Dharma in their mind and not passion nor lust. The man will do it as a help to the woman in the name of the GOD, whereas the woman will accept it only to bear the child for herself and her husband.
In Niyoga, the bodies were to be covered with "ghee" (so that lust may not take root in the minds of participants but actual act may take place for conception). Similar traditions are referred to in the Old Testament as levirate marriages see [1] and the Spartans.
Niyoga in Mahabharata
The most famous examples of Niyoga occurred in the Mahabharata. Dhritarashtra, Pandu and Vidura were the three children born by this process when Rishi Vedavyasa was the appointed man. Later Pandu himself was incapable of producing children. The five Pandavas, Yudhishthira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula and Sahadeva were the offspring born out of Niyoga, the respective biological fathers being various Devas.
Sati
is a funeral practice among some Hindu communities in which a recently-widowed woman would immolate herself on her husband’s funeral pyre.
The term is derived from the original name of the goddess Sati also known as Dakshayani, who immolated herself, unable to bear her father Daksha's humiliation of her (living) husband Shiva. The term may also be used to refer to the widow herself. The term sati is now sometimes interpreted as 'chaste woman'. With strict laws against Sati, the practice has become rare.
Few reliable records exist of the practice before the time of the Gupta empire, approximately A.D. 400. Some instances of voluntary self-immolation by both women and men that may be regarded as at least partly historical accounts are included in the Mahabharata and other works. However, large portions of these works are relatively late interpolations into an original story,[1] rendering difficult their use for reliable dating. Also, neither immolation nor the desire for self-immolation are regarded as a custom in the Mahabharata. Use of the term 'sati' to describe the custom of self-immolation never occurs in the Mahabarata, unlike other customs such as the Rajasuya yagna. Rather, the self-immolations are viewed as an expression of extreme grief at the loss of a beloved one.
The ritual has prehistoric roots, and many parallels from other cultures are known. Compare for example the ship burial of the Rus' described by Ibn Fadlan, where a female slave is burned with her master.[2]
Widow burning, the practice as understood today, started to become more extensive after the end of the Gupta empire, around A.D. 500 .
Apparently these still go on.
Are they supported by hindu scripture? Question: 8 reason's why gay marriage should be allowed...................? 1.# Polygynous Marriage
Probably the most common form of marriage in the bible, it is where a man has more than one wife.
2.# Levirate Marriage
When a woman was widowed without a son, it became the responsibility of the brother-in-law or a close male relative to take her in and impregnate her. If the resulting child was a son, he would be considered the heir of her late husband. See Ruth, and the story of Onan (Gen. 38:6-10).
3.# A man, a woman and her property — a female slave
The famous “handmaiden” sketch, as preformed by Abraham (Gen. 16:1-6) and Jacob (Gen. 30:4-5).
4.# A man, one or more wives, and some concubines
The definition of a concubine varies from culture to culture, but they tended to be live-in mistresses. Concubines were tied to their “husband,” but had a lower status than a wife. Their children were not usually heirs, so they were safe outlets for sex without risking the line of succession. To see how badly a concubine could be treated, see the famous story of the Levite and his concubine (Judges 19:1-30).
5.# A male soldier and a female prisoner of war
Women could be taken as booty from a successful campaign and forced to become wives or concubines. Deuteronomy 21:11-14 describes the process.
6.# A male rapist and his victim
Deuteronomy 22:28-29 describes how an unmarried woman who had been raped must marry her attacker.
7.# A male and female slave
A female slave could be married to a male slave without consent, presumably to produce more slaves.
8.# Monogamous, heterosexual marriage
What you might think of as the standard form of marriage, provided you think of arranged marriages as the standard. Also remember that inter-faith or cross-ethnic marriage were forbidden for large chunks of biblical history.
The important thing to realize here is that none of these models are described as better than any other. All appear to have been accepted.
So there you go. The next time someone says that we need to stick with biblical marriage in this country, you can ask them which of the eight kinds they would prefer, and why.
What say you christians? Question: 8 types of marriage in the bible. can you believe that? Did you know that in the bible there are 8 types of marriages mentioned? Have you read your bible?
I would like to expand the typical biblical version of marriage between one man and one woman to encompass these 8 types. I am only sticking to the bible here. After you read this would you consider a marriage between two gay consenting adults so bad and threatening to the sanctity of marriage?
The standard nuclear family: Genesis 2:24
Polygynous marriage:Genesis 4:19
Levirate Marriage: Genesis 38:6-10
A man, a woman and her property -- a female slave: As described in Genesis 16
A man, one or more wives, and some concubines: Genesis 21:10
A male and female slave: Exodus 21:4
A male soldier and a female prisoner of war: Numbers 31:1-18
A male rapist and his victim: Deuteronomy 22:28-29
http://www.religioustolerance.org/mar_bi… Question: Where in the bible it says?? That you must marry only one wife??
In Old Testament i find many people had many wives plus slave woman...hundreds:
Levirate marriage was practiced in Old Testament times. If a man died leaving no male heir, his brother was required to marry his widow and produce children (Deuteronomy 25:5-10). This, and other forms of polygamy, were acceptable in Old Testament times, although only wealthy men could afford multiple wives. King Solomon was the most notable polygamist with his 700 wives and 300 concubines (1 Kings 11:3).
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Exodus 21:10
If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.
Deuteronomy 21:15
If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers that was hated:
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