"Wife Beating Questions" In conversations with friends as well as in the Denham - Neubauer debate, the opponents to the truth of covenant eschatology complained that questions such as "Are your eschatological hopes based off of Old Covenant promises made to Old Covenant Israel" are "wife beating questions." Is this true? The term "wife beating question" is a reference to the classic questions that leave no truly correct option for the one who is being questioned.