Placing the history of marriage and family in context requires not only a study of biblical literature that traverses several millennia but also a grasp of extrabiblical literature and sources. Placing the history of marriage and family in context requires not only a study of biblical literature that traverses several millennia but also a grasp of extrabiblical literature and sources culled from several different cultural contexts in this book ken m campbell presents the work of six scholars who trace out the dynamic contours of marriage and family as understood and practiced in six cultural settings victor h matthews on the ancient near east daniel i block on ancient israel . A very enlightening and educational resource on the topic of marriage and family as it pertains to the old and new testaments six views of marriage and the family are discussed with a chapter being dedicated to each as follows 1 ancient near east 2 ancient israel 3 ancient greek society 4 roman society 5 second temple judaism 6. Placing the history of marriage and family in context requires not only a study of biblical literature that traverses several millennia but also a grasp of extrabiblical literature and sources culled from several different cultural contexts in this book ken m campbell presents the work of six scholars who trace out the dynamic contours of marriage and family as understood and practiced in six cultural settings victor h matthews on the ancient near east daniel i block on ancient israel