Eros Made Sacred:

Or The Biblical Case for Polygamy

by James Wesley Stivers (originally published in 1991)


   

Eros Made Sacred: Or The Biblical Case for Polygamy

by James Wesley Stivers (originally published in 1991)

This book presents a clear biblical justification for polygamous marriage as sanctioned by the Holy Scriptures. The issue of polygamy is used to contrast current moral biases with those found in the Bible. First published more than 15 years ago, this thoughtful work has gone unrefuted. Provocative, instructional, challenging, edifying. The book chapters are:

  • Polygamy: A Biblical Custom

  • Objections Answered

  • In Favor of Polygamy

  • The Ministry of the Patriarch

  • Polygamy as a Tool of Christian Dominion

  • Feminism, Monogamy and Witchcraft

ISBN: 978-1-934251-21-8

7.44” x 9.68” Paperback

74 Pages

$12.95
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eros Made Sacred - Quotes:

 

“It was not until I read Martin Luther that my prejudice against polygamy was disarmed.

Not only did Luther defend polygamy as a remedy for fornication, but it was preferable to

divorce. Luther did not stand alone in these opinions, but was supported by Melancthon and the Lutheran clergy in general.” – pages 12, 13

 

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“In the Hebrew Scriptures, we find both monogamy and polygamy as accepted and even expected forms of marriage. Commentators, embarrassed by the polygamy in the Bible, try to mute the subject by insisting its practice was rare and abnormal. The record does not stand up to that assumption. Polygamy was a custom practiced extensively among God’s people” – page 15

 

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“Israelite society was a polygamous society… If polygamy is immoral at all, it is immoral always. If it happened only once in Scripture, with God’s approval, then we are dealing with an ethical system utterly foreign to modern moralism. Moral absolutes cannot have exceptions, or else they are not absolute.” – page 16

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“Fundamentalists boast that they do not need the sex manuals of the Playboy generation. ‘We have our own book on sex in the Song of Solomon.’ Yet ironically, it is a book written by a man who had 700 wives and 300 concubines. Additionally, the text itself depicts polygamy as a normal expression of sexual love (6:8-9). I think King Solomon has Hugh Hefner beaten.” – page 16

 

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“…There are always more women available for marriage than men. In spite of the proximity of numerical equality at birth, the social reality has always been – for several reasons – there are more marriageable women than men. War, disease, irresponsibility, homosexuality, vocation, selfishness – these are some of the reasons which produce the gap.” – page 38
 

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“The regulation of polygamy is prominent in Biblical law; thus, we may interpret that fact as indicative of its pervasiveness as a social custom.” – page 39

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“…The Apostle speaks to the widows, the most worthy of charitable assistance. He did not advocate nunneries or houses for unwed mothers. He demanded marriage: like other Biblical laws, no consideration or exception is made for situations involving married men. What would happen should a church find itself with widows but no single men? Obedience to this command would require polygamy. We have here a New Testament application of the levirate law. Christian men are to treat Christian women as sisters. If they are widowed, then they and their orphans should be adopted and incorporated into a family. If they are lawfully divorced, they are covenantally widowed and should be treated the same, as say the Early Fathers. This is the work of “pure religion” (James 1:27). Polygamy encourages this practice; monogamy discourages it.” – page 46

 

 

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Eros Made Sacred: Or The Biblical Case for Polygamy

by James Wesley Stivers (originally published in 1991)

This book presents a clear biblical justification for polygamous marriage as sanctioned by the Holy Scriptures. The issue of polygamy is used to contrast current moral biases with those found in the Bible. First published more than 15 years ago, this thoughtful work has gone unrefuted. Provocative, instructional, challenging, edifying. The book chapters are:

  • Polygamy: A Biblical Custom

  • Objections Answered

  • In Favor of Polygamy

  • The Ministry of the Patriarch

  • Polygamy as a Tool of Christian Dominion

  • Feminism, Monogamy and Witchcraft

ISBN: 978-1-934251-21-8

7.44” x 9.68” Paperback

74 Pages

$12.95
 

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