Sex and the Single Savior Gender and Sexuality in Biblical Interpretation

Name: Sex and the Single Savior Gender and Sexuality in Biblical Interpretation
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ISBN: 9780664230463

ISBN-10: 0664230466

ISBN-13: 9780664230463

Edition: 2006 (Annotated)

Authors: Dale B. Martin

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Probing into numerous questions about gender and sexuality, Dale Martin delves into the biblical texts anew and unearths surprising findings. Avoiding preconceptions about ancient sexuality, he explores the ethics of desire and marriage and pays careful attention to the original meanings of words, especially those used as evidence of Paul's opposition to homosexuality. For example, after a remarkably faithful reading of the scriptural texts, Martin concludes that our contemporary obsession with marriage?and the whole search for the ?right? sexual relationships?is antithetical to the message of the gospel. In all of these essays, however, Martin argues for engaging Scripture in a way that…

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List price: $38.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Publication date: 10/3/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 280
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.73" tall
Weight: 1.210
Language: English

Dale B. Martin is Professor of Religious Studies, Yale University.




Introduction : the myth of textual agency



The rhetoric of biblical scholarship : a primer for critical reading of historical criticism



Arsenokoites and Malakos : meanings and consequences



Heterosexism and the interpretation of Romans 1:18-32



Paul without passion : on Paul's rejection of desire in sex and marriage



The queer history of Galatians 3:28 : "no male and female"



Sex and the single savior



Familiar idolatry and the Christian case against marriage



The hermeneutics of divorce



Community-shaped scripture



Conclusion : the space of scripture, the risk of faith