The erotic Word : sexuality, spirituality, and the Bible / David M. Carr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carr, David McLain, 1961-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex in the Bible.

Gardens in the Bible.

Sex--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Gardens--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Physical Description:

x, 212 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.

Contents:

1 Introduction: The Bible and Eros 3

I The Eden Garden and the Law

2 Before the Garden: Made in God's Bodily Image 17

3 The Eden Garden, Part 1: Created for Erotic Connection 27

4 The Eden Garden, Part 2: The Tragic Loss of Connectedness 39

5 The "Rules": Biblical Sexual Morality 49

II Isaiah's Vineyard Garden and the Prophets

6 Marriage to God: Isaiah's Vineyard and Other Images of Divine-Human Sexuality 59

7 Unromantic Eros: Divine-Human Gender Terror, Religious Exclusivism, and Love Gone Wrong 75

III The Garden of the Song of Songs Amidst the Writings

8 Other Gardens: Women's Worlds and Ancient Love Poetry 91

9 Come to the Garden: A Walk through the Song of Songs 109

10 The Erotic and the Mystical: Bringing Sexuality and Spirituality Together in Reading the Song of Songs 139

IV Concluding Reflections

11 The Word Made Flesh: Echoes of Old Testament Gardens in the New Testament 155

12 Epilogue: The Erotic Word 171.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [179]-206) and indexes.

ISBN:

0195156528

OCLC:

50091614