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Preface and Acknowledgments | |
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About the Contributors | |
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Introduction | |
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Judaism | |
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Introduction | |
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The Hebrew Bible | |
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The Elephantine Marriage Contract | |
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Hellenistic Jewish Philosophy in the Wisdom of Ben Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) | |
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The Damascus Document of the Dead Sea Scrolls | |
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Josephus on Marriage Law | |
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Mishnah on Procreation, Marriage, and Divorce | |
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The Babylonian Talmud | |
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Aggadic Midrash on Marriage and Family | |
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The Babylonian Talmud on Marital Sex | |
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The Babylonian Ordinance from the Academy on Divorce | |
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The Ordinances of Rabbi Gershom (The Light of the Exile) | |
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Medieval Marriage Contracts from the Cairo Geniza | |
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Love Poetry from the Golden Age of Spain | |
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The Order of the Get | |
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Maimonides on Sex | |
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Jewish Mysticism on Marriage and Sex | |
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The Book of the Pious of Medieval Germany | |
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"The Epistle on Holiness" ("Iggeret Ha-qodesh") | |
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Exchange Between Napoleon and the Jewish "Sanhedrin" on Issues of Marriage | |
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Contemporary Developments in Jewish Marriage Contracts | |
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Reform Opinion on Patrilineal and Matrilineal Descent | |
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Christianity | |
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Introduction | |
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Creation and the Fall in the Book of Genesis | |
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The Greco-Roman Context | |
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Hellenistic Jewish Moral Instruction | |
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Gospels of Matthew and Luke | |
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Paul's Letters to the Corinthians and Ephesians | |
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Apocryphal Christian Texts | |
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Augustine of Hippo | |
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John Chrysostom | |
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Peter Lombard | |
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The Fourth Lateran Council | |
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Thomas Aquinas | |
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Mechthild of Magdeburg | |
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Martin Luther | |
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Anglican Book of Common Prayer (1549) | |
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John Calvin | |
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The Council of Trent | |
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George Fox | |
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A Contemporary Critique of Sexual Ethics | |
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A Womanist Critique of Family Theology | |
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A Contemporary Liturgy for Same-Sex Unions | |
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Islam | |
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Introduction | |
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Creation and the Identity of Origin of Women and Men | |
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The Fall from the Garden and Gender Equality | |
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The Marriage Contract | |
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Consent to Marriage | |
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Mahr: The Obligatory Marital Gift | |
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Other Stipulations in the Marriage Contract | |
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Marital Relations | |
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Polygamy | |
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Marital Conflict | |
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Divorce | |
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Sexual Ethics | |
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Rights Within the Family | |
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Hinduism | |
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Introduction | |
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Rig Veda 10.85: The Marriage Hymm | |
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The Grhya-Sutras: The Wedding Ceremony | |
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Laws of Manu | |
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The K&abar;mas&ubar;tra | |
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Divine Marriage: Śiva and P&abar;rvat&ibar; | |
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The Karma of Marriage: The King's Wife, the Brahmin's Wife, and the Ogre | |
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A Contemporary Hindu Marriage Ceremony | |
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"Counting the Flowers," a Short Story by Chudamani Reghavan, Translated from the Tamil by the Author | |
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Buddhism | |
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Introduction | |
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The Beginning of the World | |
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The Joys of Ascetism | |
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Married Life Versus the Life of the Ascetic | |
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Songs by Buddhist Women | |
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The Conversion of the Nun, Pat&abar;c&abar;r&abar; | |
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The Buddha Accepts His Aunt, Gotam&ibar;, as a Nun | |
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The Buddha's Renunciation of His Family | |
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Confusion Over the Buddha as a Fertility God | |
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Buddhism as a Threat to the Indian Family | |
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The Buddha's Advice for Laity | |
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An Early Buddha Lineage | |
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East Asian Buddhism: An Overview | |
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The Sutra on the Filial Son | |
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The Ghost Festival Sutra | |
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The Sutra on the Profound Kindness of Parents | |
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The Blood Bowl Sutra | |
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Confucianism | |
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Introduction | |
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The Book of Poetry (Shijing) | |
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The Analects (Lunyu) of Confucius | |
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Mencius on Filial Piety | |
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Historical Incidents from the Zuo Zhuan | |
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Record of Ritual | |
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The Record of Ritual of the Elder Dai | |
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The Classic of Filial Piety | |
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Lives of Model Women | |
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Admonitions for Women | |
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Filial Sons | |
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Mr. Yan's Family Instructions | |
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The Classic of Filial Piety for Women | |
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Yuan Cai on Concubines | |
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Zhu Xi on Family and Marriage | |
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Sexual Offenses in the Code of the Qing Dynasty | |
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Advice to Local Officials on Handling Sexual Offenses | |
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Qing Legal Cases Concerning Sexual Offenses | |
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Chen Duxiu on the Way of Confucious and Modern Life | |
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Feng Youlan on the Philosophy at the Basis of Traditional Chinese Society | |
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Index | |