what part sounds like cope? I thought the "mathhean exception" was generally understood to apply to prohibited marriages like sibling marriage, which this seems to support
Like I said, I don't know Greek, but the idea that unchastity here just happens to mean nothing like unchastity/adultery but instead something quite like "grounds for annulment" sounds rather too convenient to me.
Ah gotcha. Yeah I also don't know Greek but think this often comes back to debates about the words "porneia" and "moicheia," where the former is what's found in the text and the latter is the specific word for spousal infidelity, but imo the lack of exceptions elsewhere and the strong tradition
prohibiting divorce is more important to me. As far as I can tell, it's true that "porneia" doesn't mean "infidelity," but may be even more broad, such that spouses committing sodomy with each other might even fall into the category
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