SEXUALITY AND THE BIBLE

Resources

Books and Articles

L. Robert Arthur, The Sex Texts: Sexuality, Gender and Relationships in the Bible, Omaha, 1994.

John Boswell, Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality, Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1980.

Daniel Boyarin, Are There any Jews in 'The History of Sexuality'? Journal of the History of Sexuality, vol. 5, # 3, 1995, pp. 333-355.

Bernadette Brooten: "Paul's Views on the Nature of Women and Female Homoeroticism,'' in Immaculate & Powerful: The Female in Sacred Image and Social Reality, ed. by Clarissa Atkinson, Constance Buchanan, & Margaret Miles, Boston, Beacon Press, 1985, pp. 61-87.

Love Between Women: Early Christian Responses to Female Homoeroticism, Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1996.

Gary Comstock, Theology without Apology, Cleveland, The Pilgrim Press, 1993. 

L. William Countryman: Dirt, Greed, & Sex: Sexual Ethics in the New Testament and Their Implications for Today, Philadelphia, Fortress Press, 1988.

George Edwards: Gay/Lesbian Liberation: A Biblical Perpsective, New York, The Pilgrim Press, 1984.

Michael E. England: The Bible and Homosexuality, San Francisco, UFMCC, 1986.

Victor Furnish: The Moral Teaching of Paul, Nashville, Abingdon Press, 1979.

Peter Gomes: The Good Book: Reading the Bible with Mind and Heart, New York, William Morrow & Co., 1996.

Robert Goss: Take Back The Word: A Queer reading of the Bible, ed. by Robert Goss & Mona West, Cleveland, Pilgrim Press, 2000.

Jesus ACTED UP: Gay and Lesbian Manifesto, HarperSanFrancisco, 1993.

Daniel Helminiak: What the Bible Really Says about Homosexuality, San Francisco, Alamo Square Press, 1994.

Tom Horner: Jonathan Loved David: Homosexuality in Biblical Times, Philadelphia, The Westminster Press, 1978.

Mark Jordan: The Invention of Sodomy, Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1996.

Jonathan Katz: The Invention of Homosexuality, New York, E. P. Dutton, 1996.

Dale Martin: The Corinthian Body, New Haven, Yale University Press, 1995 a.

Heterosexism and the Interpretation of Romans 1:18-32, Biblical Interpretation, vol. 3, # 3, 1995, pp. 332-335.

Arsenokoites and Malakos: Meanings and Consequences in Biblical Ethics & Homosexuality: Listening Scripture, ed. Robert L. Brawley, Louisville, Westminster John Knox Press, 1996, pp. 117-136.

John McNeill: The Church and the Homosexual, Boston, Beacon Press, 1993.

Jacob Milgrom: Does the Bible Prohibit Homosexuality?, Biblical Review, December 1993, p. 48ff.

Martin Nissinen: Homoeroticism in the Biblical World: A Historical Perspective, Minneapolis, Fortress Press, 1998.

Saul M. Olyan, " 'And with a Male You Shall Not Lie the Lying Down of a Woman': On the Meaning and Significance of Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13," Journal of the History of Sexuality, vol. 5, 1994, 179-206.

Robin Scroggs, The New Testament and Homosexuality, Philadelphia, Fortress Press, 1983.

Ken Stone, Gender and Homosexuality in Judges 19: Subject-Honor, Object-Shame?," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, vol. 67, 1995, pp. 87-107.

Thomas Thurston, "Leviticus 18:22 & the Prohibitions of Homosexual Acts," Homophobia and the Judaeo-Christian Tradition, ed. by Michael L. Stemmeler & J. Michael Clark, Dallas, Monument Press, 1990, in pp. 7-24.

Leland J. White, "Does the Bible Speak about Gays or Same-sex Orientation? A Test Case in Biblical Ethics: Part I," Biblical Theology Bulletin, vol. 25, # 1, Spring 1995, pp. 14-23.

Michael Vasey, Strangers and Friends: A New Exploration of Homosexuality and the Bible, London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1995.

Gerhard Von Rad, Genesis: A Commentary, trans. By J. H. Marks, Philadelphia, Westminster Press, 1972.

Nancy Wilson, Our Tribe: Queer Folks, God, Jesus, and the Bible, Harper SanFrancisco, 1995.

Walter Wink, "Biblical Perspectives on Homosexuality", Christian Century, vol. 96, # 36. Nov 7 1979, pp. 1082-86.


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