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The Protestant/Evangelical view of marriage, divorce, and remarriage is also known as Erasmian view because Erasmus (1466 – 1536) laid the foundation for it as he interpreted Jesus’ saying from the Gospel of Matthew. The view rests on the premise that when the divorce is grounded on πορνεία, the innocent spouse has a biblical permission to remarry; otherwise, remarriage would be adultery. In his critical edition of the Greek New Testament, Eramus made his text read ὃς ἂν ἀπολύσῃ τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ, εἰ μὴ ἐπὶ πορνείᾳ, καὶ γαμήσῃ ἄλλην μοιχᾶται, thus making the exception (“except for πορνεία) explicitly clear and without ambiguity. This paper comes to the defense of his interpretive text.

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Davidson Razafiarivony, Adventist University of Africa, Kenya

Davidson Razafiarivony is a professor of New Testament Studies at the Adventist University of Africa, where he has taught since 2014. He has a special interest in biblical and modern Greek languages and studies, which he thinks are important tools for the proper understanding and interpretation of the New Testament. Razafiarivony holds a PhD in the New Testament from the Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies. He is also a post-doctoral research fellow and PhD candidate in New Testament at Stellenbosch University.

How to Cite
Razafiarivony, D. (2024). Erasmus’ Exceptive Clause (εἰ μὴ ἐπὶ πορνείᾳ) in the Divorce and Remarriage Saying (Matthew 19:9): An Assessment. Pan-African Journal of Theology, 3(2), 1–17. https://doi.org/10.56893/pajot2024v03i02.01