Homoeroticism in the biblical world : a historical perspective / Martti Nissinen ; translated by Kirsi Stjerna.
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TextLanguage: English Original language: Finnish Publisher: Minneapolis, Minn. : Fortress Press, c1998Description: vii, 208 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 080062985X (alk. paper)Uniform titles: Homoerotiikka Raamatun maailmassa. Subject(s): Homosexuality in the Bible | Homosexuality -- Biblical teaching | Homosexuality -- History| Item type | Current location | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Introduction. Society, church, and homosexuality ; Explaining "homosexuality" ; Interpretation of gender ; Homosexuality, homoeroticism, homosociability -- Mesopotamia. The Epic of Gilgames ; Laws and omens ; Devotees of Istar : assinnu, kurgarru, kuluu -- The Hebrew Bible. The Holiness Code : Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13 ; Sodom : Genesis 19:1-11 ; Gibeah : Judges 19 ; Ham and Noah : Genesis 9:20-27 ; David and Jonathan : 1 Samuel 18-20; 2 Samuel 1:26 -- Classical Antiquity. Greek male homoeroticism ; Roman male homoeroticism ; Female homoeroticism ; Critiques of homoeroticism -- Judaism . Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha ; Josephus, Philo, and Pseudo-Phocylides ; Rabbinic literature -- The New Testament . Paul and the unnatural : Romans 1:26-27 ; Men who sleep - with whom? I Corinthians 6:9 and 1 Timothy 1:10 ; Jesus and homosexuality -- Homoeroticism in the biblical world and homosexuality today. Homosexuality and biblical interpretations ; The interpretation of same-sex relation then and now. -- Appendix : Creation, nature, and gender identity.