Note that the Noahide laws are the Jewish, not Christian interpretation of this distinction. And there are no sources mentioning them that go back prior to the Jewish/Christian split. (The relevant sections of Talmud are written no earlier than 300 CE.) There’s also some confusion over how those laws work. So for example, one of the seven Noahide prohibitions is the prohibition on illicit relations. But it isn’t clear which prohibited relations are included. There’s an opinion that this includes only adultery and incest and not any of the other Biblical sexual prohibitions (e.g. gay sex, marrying two sisters). There’s a decent halachic argument for something of this form since Jacob marries two sisters. (This actually raises a host of other halachic/theoloical problems for Orthodox Jews because many of them believe that the patriarchs kept all 613 commandments. But this is a further digression...)
And Jesus added the commandment not to lust after anyone you’re not married to and not to divorce.
And I would never have dreamed of the stupidity until someone did it, but someone actually interpreted metaphors from Proverbs literally and concluded that “her husband is praised at the city gates” actually means “women should go to the city limits and hold up signs saying that their husbands are awesome” (which just makes no sense at all). But that doesn’t count because it’s a person being stupid. For one thing, that’s descriptive, not prescriptive, and for another, it’s an illustration of the good things being righteous gets you.
And I would never have dreamed of the stupidity until someone did it, but someone actually interpreted metaphors from Proverbs literally and concluded that “her husband is praised at the city gates” actually means “women should go to the city limits and hold up signs saying that their husbands are awesome”
As a semi-militant atheist, I feel compelled to point out that, from my perspective, all interpretations of Proverbs as a practical guide to modern life look about equally silly...
I can save you some time here. Just look up “seven laws of Noah” or “Noahide laws”. That’s pretty much it for commandments that apply to non-Jews.
Note that the Noahide laws are the Jewish, not Christian interpretation of this distinction. And there are no sources mentioning them that go back prior to the Jewish/Christian split. (The relevant sections of Talmud are written no earlier than 300 CE.) There’s also some confusion over how those laws work. So for example, one of the seven Noahide prohibitions is the prohibition on illicit relations. But it isn’t clear which prohibited relations are included. There’s an opinion that this includes only adultery and incest and not any of the other Biblical sexual prohibitions (e.g. gay sex, marrying two sisters). There’s a decent halachic argument for something of this form since Jacob marries two sisters. (This actually raises a host of other halachic/theoloical problems for Orthodox Jews because many of them believe that the patriarchs kept all 613 commandments. But this is a further digression...)
And Jesus added the commandment not to lust after anyone you’re not married to and not to divorce.
And I would never have dreamed of the stupidity until someone did it, but someone actually interpreted metaphors from Proverbs literally and concluded that “her husband is praised at the city gates” actually means “women should go to the city limits and hold up signs saying that their husbands are awesome” (which just makes no sense at all). But that doesn’t count because it’s a person being stupid. For one thing, that’s descriptive, not prescriptive, and for another, it’s an illustration of the good things being righteous gets you.
As a semi-militant atheist, I feel compelled to point out that, from my perspective, all interpretations of Proverbs as a practical guide to modern life look about equally silly...