[Buggman]

The seeds of Jesus' view of monogamous marriage was present at creation, so I've no doubt that it is out of Judaism. That's not to say that Jews practiced it any better than do Christians.

I never claimed otherwise. :)

The contribution of Christianity is evangelism/proselytism, an activity Jews were reluctant to pursue for whatever reason.

Absolutely agreed--and something I routinely point out to my more stuck-up Messianic brethren. Paul's genius wasn't in creating monogamy, but in his ability to communicate an Oriental religion to a Western audience, along with carefully discerning which commandments were universal for all mankind vs. those created as cultural markers for Israel.

Shalom!

[Westbrook]

> Paul’s genius wasn’t in creating monogamy, but in his
> ability to communicate an Oriental religion to a Western
> audience, along with carefully discerning which
> commandments were universal for all mankind vs. those
> created as cultural markers for Israel.

I don’t believe I’ve ever seen this articulated so well.

Mind if I use it?