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.
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