TY  - BOOK
AU  - Nissinen,Martti
TI  - Homoeroticism in the biblical world: a historical perspective 
SN  - 080062985X
AV  - BS680.H67 N5713 1998
U1  - 220.8/306766 21
PY  - 1998///
CY  - Minneapolis, Minn.
PB  - Fortress Press
KW  - Bibel
KW  - gnd
KW  - Bible and homosexuality
KW  - Homosexuality in the Bible
KW  - Homosexuality
KW  - History
KW  - To 1500
KW  - Homosexualit�e dans la Bible
KW  - Homosexualit�e
KW  - Enseignement biblique
KW  - Histoire
KW  - Jusqu'�a 500
KW  - fast
KW  - Homoseksualiteit
KW  - gtt
KW  - Oudheid
KW  - Bijbel
KW  - Exegese
KW  - Homosexualit�at
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-198) and indexes; Introduction. Society, church, and homosexuality ; Explaining "homosexuality" ; Interpretation of gender ; Homosexuality, homoeroticism, homosociability -- Mesopotamia. The Epic of Gilgame�s ; Laws and omens ; Devotees of I�star : assinnu, kurgarr�u, kulu�u -- 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 relations then and now. -- Appendix : Creation, nature, and gender identity
N2  - The author surveys attitudes in the ancient Mediterranean world toward homoeroticism, that is, same-sex erotic relationships. Analyzing documents from Mesopotamia, Israel, Greece, Rome, rabbinic Judaism, and the earliest churches, he concisely introduces the relevant sources and their historical contexts in a readable way
ER  -