Judaism = 1
Michael S. Berger
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 Ordinance 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'' (``lggeret Ha-qodesh'') = 59
Exchange Between Napoleon and the Jewish ``Sanhedrin'' on Issues of Marriage = 62
Contemporary Development in Jewish Marriage Contracts = 66
Reform Opinion on Patrilineal and Matrilineal Descent = 73
Christianity = 77
Luke Timothy Johnson
Mark D. Jordan
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 Cormthians and Ephesians = 94
Apocryphal Christian Texts = 98
Augustine of Hippo = 100
John Chrysostom = 105
Peter Lombard = 110
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
Islam = 150
Azizah al-Hibri
Raja' M. El Habti
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
Hinduism = 226
Paul B. Courtright
Introduction = 226
Rig Veda 10.85: The Marriage Hymn = 232
The Grhya-Sutras: The Wedding Ceremony = 236
Laws of Manu = 240
The Kamasutra = 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
Buddhism = 299
Alan Cole
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, Patacara = 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
Confucianism = 367
Patricia Buckley Ebrey
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
Index 451
Michael S. Berger
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 Ordinance 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'' (``lggeret Ha-qodesh'') = 59
Exchange Between Napoleon and the Jewish ``Sanhedrin'' on Issues of Marriage = 62
Contemporary Development in Jewish Marriage Contracts = 66
Reform Opinion on Patrilineal and Matrilineal Descent = 73
Christianity = 77
Luke Timothy Johnson
Mark D. Jordan
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 Cormthians and Ephesians = 94
Apocryphal Christian Texts = 98
Augustine of Hippo = 100
John Chrysostom = 105
Peter Lombard = 110
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
Islam = 150
Azizah al-Hibri
Raja' M. El Habti
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
Hinduism = 226
Paul B. Courtright
Introduction = 226
Rig Veda 10.85: The Marriage Hymn = 232
The Grhya-Sutras: The Wedding Ceremony = 236
Laws of Manu = 240
The Kamasutra = 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
Buddhism = 299
Alan Cole
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, Patacara = 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
Confucianism = 367
Patricia Buckley Ebrey
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
Index 451