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261 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Lamech.3
… of polygamy. It is very instructive to note that this "father of polygamy" at once becomes the first blustering tyrant and a braggadocio; we are fully permitted …
262 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Law in the Old Testament.82
… permitted polygamy and concubinage, marriage by purchase or by capture in war, slave-marriage, and divorce. The Law allowed the continuance of these customs …
263 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Marriage.12
… of polygamy, and apparently of divorce, was excluded by the Divine idea and purpose. The treatment of the subject here, therefore, will be limited as follows …
264 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Marriage.15
… of polygamy would work in the same direction, subdividing the family into smaller groups connected with the several wives. There is, however, no clear evidence …
265 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Marriage.17
Polygamy is likely to become prevalent only where conditions are abnormal, as where there is a disproportionate number of females, as in tribal life in a …
266 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Marriage.18
… of polygamy in Old Testament times is abundantly witnessed in the cases of Abraham, Jacob, the judges, David, Solomon, etc. It was prevalent in Issachar ( 1 Chronicles …
267 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Marriage.34
… allow polygamy and divorce. Everywhere He accepts and deals with it as sacred and of Divine origin ( Matthew 19:9, etc.), but He treats it as transient, that is of …
268 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Numbers, Book of.97
… of polygamy has been suggested (Michaelis, Havernick). The exclusion of firstborn sons who were married, the inclusion only of the mother's firstborn, and …
269 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Persians.56
(3) Marriage. The Persians practiced polygamy, and marriages between those next of kin were approved of. Pride and garrulity are mentioned as distinctive of the Persian character.
271 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Polygamy.2
Polygamy - po-lig'-a-mi:
272 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Polygamy.4
2. Origin of Polygamy
273 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Polygamy.5
3. The Old Testament and Polygamy
274 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Polygamy.6
4. Polygamy Unnatural
275 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Polygamy.8
5. Weakness of Polygamy
276 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Polygamy.9
… Term: Polygamy has been and is the open blazon by the human race of sex vice. The very term is a misnomer. Since man became moralized he has apprehended that the …
277 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Polygamy.12
Polygamy is a general term and might mean a multiplicity of partners in the family relation by one of either sex. But it does not. Polygamy practically means …
278 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Polygamy.13
Why polygamy has captured the whole position philologically covered by polygyny is readily apparent. The might of the physically strongest has dictated …
279 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Polygamy.14
… of Polygamy: It is plainly evident that polygamy is primarily largely the outcome of tribal wars. When men had separated into clans and had taken up different …
280 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Polygamy.15
… and Polygamy: The complications introduced into morals by polygamy are not often considered. But the Bible sets them forth in plainness. The marriage of …