In the Book of Genesis, when Adam sees Eve, he immediately says “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh” (Genesis 2:23). The narrator adds, “Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother and shall cleave unto his wife; and they shall be one flesh” (Genesis 2:24). In this statement, Genesis gives religious sanction to the monogamous nuclear family. Although this form of family has endured to modern times, and shows no sign of disappearing despite divorces, remarriages and blended families, it is not the only possible form of marriage. In fact, it […]
