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The Bible on the Question of Homosexuality (Paperback)
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The Bible on the Question of Homosexuality (Paperback)
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The Bible on the Question of Homosexuality addresses the hotly
debated topic of whether the Bible condemns homosexuality by a
close reading of the biblical texts without taboo or prejudice,
without personal or church interpretation. The authors--three
Christian exegetes, two Catholic and one Protestant--are interested
in discovering what the Bible says about homosexuality. They take
seriously the world from which the biblical text emerges, and
discuss the hermeneutical challenges raised by scripture. They deal
with the full range of issues raised by homosexuality in the Bible
including Jesus' own sexual orientation and his relationship with
the Beloved Disciple. Their conclusions are modest though their
comprehensive overview is significant. Innocent Himbaza begins the
work by looking at the entire range of Old Testament texts and
examining the often-cited discussions of homosexuality: Sodom and
Gomorrah, the outrage at Gibeah (Judges 19), the relationship
between Jonathan and David, and the relationship between Saul and
David. Next Adrien Schenker addresses the question: Why did the Law
of Moses forbid homosexual relations (Leviticus 18 and 20)?
Schenker also examines such issues as the death penalty for those
caught in homosexual relationships within the proper historical
context and the significance of these Levitical passages within the
perspective of biblical theology. ,p>The third and final section
of the book looks at homosexuality within the New Testament.
Jean-Baptiste Edart first examines the Pauline texts (1 Corinthians
6 and 1Timothy 1; Romans 1). He then examines Jesus and the healing
of the centurion's slave in Luke 7, Jesus' relationship with the
Beloved Disciple, Jesus' attitude toward homosexual acts, and
finally the commandment of love. Though many books are available on
the topic of homosexuality and the Bible, most advance a particular
ideology. This book, while not a moral treatise on homosexuality,
intends only to clarify, without a predetermined interpretation,
what the Bible actually says on the subject.
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