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i. Judaism
Michael S. Berger 1
Introduction 1
The Hebrew Bible 12
The Elephantine Marriage Contract 21
Hellenistic Jewish Philosophy in the Wisdom of Ben Sirach
(Ecclesiasticus) 22
The Damascus Document of the Dead Sea Scrolls 24
Josephus on Marriage Law 26
Mishnah on Procreation, Marriage, and Divorce 28
The Babylonian Talmud 31
Aggadic Midrash on Marriage and Family 35
The Babylonian Talmud on Marital Sex 38
The Babylonian Ordinance from the Academy on Divorce 39
The Ordinances of Rabbi Gershom (The Light of the Exile) 40
Medieval Marriage Contracts from the Cairo Geniza 42
Love Poetry from the Golden Age of Spain 43
The Order of the Get 45
Maimonides on Sex 49
Jewish Mysticism on Marriage and Sex 52
The Book of the Pious of Medieval Germany 56
"The Epistle on Holiness" ("Iggeret Ha-qodesh") 59
Exchange Between Napoleon and the Jewish "Sanhedrin" on Issues
Marriage 62
Contemporary Developments in Jewish Marriage Contracts 66
Reform Opinion on Patrilineal and Matrilineal Descent 73
2. Christianity
Luke Timothy Johnson and Mark D. Jordan 77
Introduction 77
Creation and the Fall in the Book of Genesis 89
The Greco-Roman Context 89
Hellenistic Jewish Moral Instruction 91
Gospels of Matthew and Luke 92
Paul's Letters to the Corinthians and Ephesians 94
Apocryphal Christian Texts 98
Augustine of Hippo 1oo
John Chrysostom 105
Peter Lombard no
The Fourth Lateran Council 114
Thomas Aquinas 115
Mechthild of Magdeburg 119
Martin Luther 120
Anglican Book of Common Prayer (1549) 125
John Calvin 128
The Council of Trent 133
George Fox 137
A Contemporary Critique of Sexual Ethics 138
A Womanist Critique of Family Theology 142
A Contemporary Liturgy for Same-Sex Unions 146
3. Islam
Azizah al-Hibri and Raja' M. El Habti 150
Introduction 150
Creation and the Identity of Origin of Women and Men 156
The Fall from the Garden and Gender Equality 162
The Marriage Contract 166
Consent to Marriage 168
Mahr: The Obligatory Marital Gift 171
Other Stipulations in the Marriage Contract 174
Marital Relations 177
Polygamy 185
Marital Conflict 190
Divorce 200
Sexual Ethics 206
Rights Within the Family 211
4. Hinduism
Paul B. Courtright 226
Introduction 226
Rig Veda 10.85: The Marriage Hymn 232
The Grhya-Sutras: The Wedding Ceremony 236
Laws of Manu 240
The Kdmasatra 250
Divine Marriage: Siva and Parvati 255
The Karma of Marriage: The King's Wife, the Brahmin's Wife, and the
Ogre 261
A Contemporary Hindu Marriage Ceremony 270
"Counting the Flowers," a Short Story by Chudamani Raghavan,
Translated from the Tamil by the Author 291
5. Buddhism
Alan Cole 299
Introduction 299
The Beginning of the World 309
The Joys of Ascetism 313
Married Life Versus the Life of the Ascetic 316
Songs by Buddhist Women 318
The Conversion of the Nun, Paticara 322
The Buddha Accepts His Aunt, Gotami, as a Nun 325
The Buddha's Renunciation of His Family 329
Confusion Over the Buddha as a Fertility God 338
Buddhism as a Threat to the Indian Family 341
The Buddha's Advice for Laity 343
An Early Buddha Lineage 346
East Asian Buddhism: An Overview 351
The Sutra on the Filial Son 353
The Ghost Festival Sutra 356
The Sutra on the Profound Kindness of Parents 359
The Blood Bowl Sutra 363
6. Confucianism
Patricia Buckley Ebrey 367
Introduction 367
The Book of Poetry (Shi jing) 372
The Analects (Lunyu) of Confucius 375
Mencius on Filial Piety 377
Historical Incidents from the Zuo zhuan 378
Record of Ritual 381
The Record of Ritual of the Elder Dai 393
The Classic of Filial Piety 394
Lives of Model Women 400
Admonitions for Women 402
Filial Sons 404
Mr. Yan's Family Instructions 405
The Classic of Filial Piety for Women 408
Yuan Cai on Concubines 414
Zhu Xi on Family and Marriage 416
Sexual Offenses in the Code of the Qing Dynasty 423
Advice to Local Officials on Handling Sexual Offenses 427
Qing Legal Cases Concerning Sexual Offenses 436
Chen Duxiu on the Way of Confucius and Modern Life 438
Feng Youlan on the Philosophy at the Basis of
Traditional Chinese Society 441