3 Exercises: Use of Scripture in Moral Theology
Meghan Bandy
01/30/24
1. Why did Judah tell his son Onan to have intercourse with Onan’s brother’s wife?
Judah told Onan to have intercourse with Onan’s brother’s wife to continue on the bloodline because Judah’s offspring were wicked in the lord's sight.
2. What did Onan do each time that he had intercourse with his brother’s wife? Why did Onan do what he did?
Onan did not complete the job when he had intercourse with his brother's wife instead he spilled his semen on the ground. He did this because he knew the child would not be
his.
3. Using the footnotes from this passage, explain the law that Onan violated? (Explain the illegal thing that Onan did, according to the footnotes?)
He did not continue his brother's bloodline which was illegal at the time.
4. What is Jesus’ attitude toward “the law” in Matthew 5:17-32? What is most important, the “spirit” or the “letter” of the law? Explain.
Jesus’ attitude toward the law is that it is important to follow the law and he states that those who do not follow the law will be called last to heaven. The spirit is most important
because the lord created all things including the law so arguably the spirit is the most important.
5. What does the New Jerome Biblical Commentary
say about the prohibition against divorce in Matthew 5:31-32, according to the PowerPoint
presentation?
The New Jerome Biblical commentary states, divorce is adultery. Whoever divorces his wife forces her to commit adultery and if you marry a divorced woman you are committing adultery unless the marriage was unlawful.
6. What are the four tasks of a critical use of the bible (scripture), according to the
PowerPoint
presentation?
