POLYGAMY

Africa:

Anglican bishops defend polygamy: w87 10/15 21; g86 2/22 29-30

reason many women work: g86 5/22 10

Witnesses renounce (1947): w95 2/1 16; w95 9/1 25-26; jv 176-177

Bible view: ijwbq article 18; scl 74; it-1 807; it-2 343; lvs 250; lv 115; w11 11/1 5-6; w09 7/1 30; w03 8/1 28; fy 17, 139; w95 7/15 12; kl 122; jv 176; g91 5/8 26-27; pe 129; rs 250-251; w87 10/15 21

why once allowed: w09 6/1 22; w09 7/1 30

Church of England: g01 12/22 24; g88 12/22 29

disadvantages:

example of Leah and Rachel: w07 10/1 8-11

experiences:

Muslim with two wives accepts Bible standard: w91 8/15 11-12

polygamists change: yb14 108; w11 8/1 18-19; yb01 243; w00 3/15 30; yb97 72-73, 85-87; jv 176; yb92 110; w90 10/15 22

son from polygamous family: w02 6/1 24-28

wives leave polygamist husbands: w03 11/15 12; yb96 43-44; jv 176-177

first polygamist: it-2 192; w16.08 10

Islam: sh 300

Law covenant: cl 135-136; it-1 807-808; it-2 343

equal treatment of wives: w18.12 11; it-2 342

meaning of term: w95 7/15 12

Witness view: jv 176-177