"为我得到她，因为她很讨我欢心："从尼日利亚父母在择偶中的作用解读《士师记》第 14 章中参孙的婚姻叙事

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Old Testament essays Pub Date : 2024-03-25 DOI:10.17159/2312-3621/2024/v37n1a2

S. Ademiluka

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判案 14 谈到了尼日利亚父母在婚姻过程中的作用。在非洲传统社会中，配偶的选择是由父母和家庭决定的，而在今天的尼日利亚，父母很少参与子女对婚姻伴侣的选择。文章运用叙事性阅读和描述性方法，从父母在尼日利亚基督徒选择婚姻伴侣中的重要作用的角度对该文本进行了研究。研究发现，由于受到基督教和现代化的影响，尼日利亚的父母在子女的婚姻伴侣选择中很少发挥作用，这也是造成社会上婚姻失败率居高不下的原因之一。研究得出结论，为遏制尼日利亚基督徒婚姻不稳定的高发率，尼日利亚教会应重新审视其婚姻神学，以参孙故事为文学工具，强调父母在择偶中的作用。

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"Get Her for Me, for She Pleases Me Well:" Interpreting the Samson Marriage Narrative in Judges 14 in Light of Parental Role in Mate Selection in Nigeria

Judges 14 speaks to the Nigerian context on the role of parents in the marriage process. Unlike in the traditional African society where the choice of spouses was determined by parents and the family, in Nigeria today, parents have little involvement in their children's choice of marriage partner. Applying narrative reading and the descriptive approach, the article examines this text in light of the significance of parents' role in choosing marriage partners among Nigerian Christians. The study finds that due to the influence of Christianity and modernisation, Nigerian parents now play little role in the choice of their children's marriage partners and that this is one of the factors responsible for the rampant marriage failures in society. It concludes that to curb the high rate of marriage instability among Nigerian Christians, the church in Nigeria should review its marriage theology to emphasise the role of parents in mate selection, using the Samson story as a literary instrument.

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Old Testament essays Arts and Humanities-Religious Studies

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期刊介绍： Old Testament Essays functions as a vehicle which publishes Old Testament research from various points of view. Its primary aim is to regulate and propagate the study of the Old Testament in Africa. Various fields related to the study of the Old Testament are covered: philological / linguistic studies, historical critical studies, archaeological studies, socio-historical studies, literary studies and rhetorical studies.