אשת נעורים': מונוגמיה כאידאל בספרות החכמה, במגילות קומראן ובספרות חז"ל'

Many scholars consider the law commanding strict monogamy that emerges from several Qumran scrolls unusual in the polygamous Jewish tradition. This article demonstrates that an ideological stance favoring monogamy existed alongside polygamous practice throughout the entire Second Temple period. This stance is attested in Wisdom literature's special employment of the concept "the wife of one's youth", as well as by the use and interpretation of scriptural verses in the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Christian Bible, and rabbinic literature.