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Paul and Ancient Views of Sexual Desire refutes the argument put
forward by some biblical scholars that Paul, in his sexual ethics,
is in partial agreement with a current of thought in the
Graeco-Roman world that condemns sexual desire and advocates the
elimination of such desire from marital sex. Ellis argues not only
against this line of thought but also the attendant notion that
this way of thinking underlies Paul's comments on homosexual
activity in Romans 1. Through close analysis of numerous ancient
passages relating to sexual desire, Ellis demonstrates that ancient
thinkers tend to condemn not sexual desire in itself but excessive
sexual desire and lack of self-control and, furthermore, that
ancient auditors would have been unlikely to see condemnation of
sexual desire in Paul's words in 1 Thessalonians 4 or 1 Corinthians
7.
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