Course Outline

Introduction

• Introducing the Speaker and the Course

Unit 1: Marriage

• Introduction to Marriage

• Marriage in the Bible

• Marriage in Genesis

• Searching Cultural Concepts for Ancient References to Sexual Regulations

• Marriage in the Ancient Near East

• Marriage Covenants/Contracts

• Using the Lexham Theological Wordbookto Find Related Terms

• Marriage in the Law

• Marriage Certificates

• Marriage in the New Testament

• Marriage Today

• Addition of Obedience

• Biblical Marriage Is Different

• Using a Proximity Search to Find Instances of God as Witness

Unit 2: Divorce in the Old Testament

• Breaking a Contract

• Grounds for Divorce

• Examples of Divorce

• God’s Divorce Certificate

• Grounds for God’s Divorce

• God Forgives Judah’s Adultery

Unit 3: Divorce in Jesus’ Teaching

• Divorce Should Never Happen

• Grounds for Divorce in the Old Testament

• Divorce for Infertility

• Infertility in the New Testament

• Comparing Jesus’ View on Divorce with First-Century Jewish Views

• Divorce for Unfaithfulness

• Jesus on Divorce for Adultery

• Rabbinic Divorce for Any Cause, Part 1

• Rabbinic Divorce for Any Cause, Part 2

• Different Versions in Mark and Luke

• Jesus’ Silence on Divorce for Neglect

• Other Interpretations of Jesus’ Teaching

Unit 4: Divorce in Paul’s Teaching

• Putting Jesus and Paul Together

• Divorce for Material Neglect

• Material Neglect in the New Testament

• Divorce for Sexual Neglect

• Sexual Neglect in the New Testament

• How Men and Women Divorced for Neglect

• Divorce for Neglect in the New Testament

• Roman Divorce by Separation in Paul

• Jesus and Paul’s Perspectives on Divorce

Unit 5: Remarriage

• Remarriage in the Ancient Near East

• Remarriage in the Old Testament

• Remarriage for Priests

• The Divorce Certificate Allows Remarriage

• Paul Quotes the Remarriage Formula

• Paul Allows Divorcées to Remarry

• Studying 1 Corinthians 7:15 with a Custom Guide and Proximity Search

• Does Jesus Forbid Remarriage?

• Does Paul Forbid Remarriage?

• Married till Death?

• Remarriage in the New Testament World

• Conclusions from Relative Silence

Unit 6: Intermarriage

• Marriages of the Patriarchs

• The Mixed Population of the Exodus

• Moses’ Wives

• Using the Guides to Preach a Topically Based Sermon on Racism

• Continuing Foreign Marriages

• The Seven Nations

• After the Exile

• Divorcing Foreign Wives

• The Jewish and Roman World

• Paul’s Warnings

• Intermarriage: How Does This Apply Today?

Unit 7: Polygamy

• Polygamy in the Old Testament

• Understanding Polygamy in the Bible with Biblical People Diagrams

• Marrying Prostitutes

• Samson: A Possible Example

• Polygamy in New Testament Times

• Old Testament Monogamy According to Qumranic Judaism

• Old Testament Monogamy According to Diaspora Judaism

• Polygamy Criticized by Jesus

• Problems with Widows in the New Testament

• Polygamy: How Does This Apply Today?

Unit 8: Abortion and Child Abuse

• A Personal Note

• Roman Child Abuse

• Researching Child Prostitution in the First-Century Roman World

• The Warren Cup

• Jesus on Child Abuse

• Researching Millstones with Power Lookup and Media Searching

• The Crime of Skandalizō

• Jewish Safeguards

• Roman Abortion and Infanticide

• Jews and Christians on Infanticide

• New Testament Summary on Ethics for Gentiles

• Blood and Bloodshed?

• The Meaning of Pniktos: Snuffing Out

• A Note on Bible Translations

• Applying Ancient Rules to Modern Life

Unit 9: Homosexuality

• Introduction to Homosexuality

• Sodom and Gibeah

• Ancient Near East Background

• Levitical Laws

• Greek and Roman Background

• Jewish Condemnation of Homosexuality

• Paul on What Is Natural

• Discovering Influences on Paul’s Theology of Sexuality in Romans

• Paul’s Vice List

• What Is “Lying with a Male” (Arsenokoitēs)?

• Modern Application

Conclusion

• Course Summary

Details

• Title: Biblical Sexual Ethics

• Instructor: David Instone-Brewer

• Publisher: Lexham Press

• Publication Date: 2015

• Product Type: Logos Mobile Education

• Resource Type: Courseware, including transcripts, audio, and video resources

• Courses: 1

• Video Hours: 6