‘Till Death Do Us Part’? Or the Continuation of Marriage in the Eschaton? Answering Recent Objections to the Traditional Reading of Gameo - Gamizo in the Synoptic Gospels

B. Witherington III et al. propose that gameo and gamizo in Matt 22,30 (par. Mark 12,25; Luke 20,34-36) describe entrance into marriage rather than the state of marriage. Consequently, these passages indicate no more than the impossibility of new marriages in the resurrection; they do not, by themse...

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Published in:Filología neotestamentaria
Main Author: Makujina, John ca. Ende 20. Jh./Anfang 21. Jh. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2012
In: Filología neotestamentaria
Year: 2012, Volume: 25, Pages: 57-74
Further subjects:B Mark 12,25
B Luke 17,26-28
B Matthew 22,30
B Luke 20,34-36
B Jeremiah 29,4-7
B Marriage
B marriage in the eschaton
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Summary:B. Witherington III et al. propose that gameo and gamizo in Matt 22,30 (par. Mark 12,25; Luke 20,34-36) describe entrance into marriage rather than the state of marriage. Consequently, these passages indicate no more than the impossibility of new marriages in the resurrection; they do not, by themselves, insists Witherington, teach the termination of existing marriages, as has been ordinarily assumed. In contrast, this article argues for the traditional interpretation of these texts by demonstrating that when combined gameo and gamizo posses an idiomatic value and refer to the institution of marriage and the family, which, according to Jesus, will end with this age.
ISSN:0214-2996
Contains:Enthalten in: Filología neotestamentaria