adultery

From: Jim West (jwest@highland.net)
Date: Mon Jan 26 1998 - 15:11:55 EST


The point is not that the woman committed a sin- which she did. The point
is not that the man did as well. He did. The point is, the use of the
passive verb demonstrates, quite clearly, that the woman is passively
involved in the situation- or in modern terms, she is the victim of the
situation. She has been forced into her bahvior by her unjust husband, who
has sent her away without just cause. By sending her away he guarantees
that she is forced into such a lifestyle. She is adulterated- defiled. She
does not make the man an adulterer, he makes her one!

Best,

Jim

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Jim West, ThD
Adjunct Professor of Bible
Quartz Hill School of Theology

jwest@highland.net



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