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Author:

Knust, Jennifer Wright, 1966-

Title:

Unprotected texts : the Bible's surprising contradictions about sex and desire / Jennifer Wright Knust.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

HarperOne,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

343 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Sex in the Bible.
Sex--Christianity.--Christianity.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-334) and index.

Contents:

Introduction : why the Bible is not a sexual guidebook -- The Bible and the joy of sex : desire in and out of control -- Biblical marriage : there is no single view on marriage presented in the Bible -- The evil impulse : disordered and ordered desire -- Sexual politics : God's wife, cursing the Canaanites, and biblical sex crimes -- Strange flesh : the sons of God and the daughters of men -- Bodily parts : circumcision, semen, and the products of a woman's womb -- So I hear you have five husbands--

Summary:

Arguing that the Bible cannot serve as a rulebook for sexual morality, examines the text and its historic interpretations and highlights the book's many contradictory messages regarding sex, marriage, adultery, and divorce.

ISBN:

0061725587
9780061725586 (hbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)526084206

LCCN:

2010027064

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

N2AX314 -- Divine Word Seminary - Matthew Jacoby Library (Epworth)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)

OUAX845 -- Dordt University (Sioux Center)