Sex and religion in the Bible / Calum Carmichael.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carmichael, Calum M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex--Biblical teaching.

Sex.

Sex in the Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (223 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

If we look to the Bible for historical accounts of ancient life, we make a profound error. So contends Calum Carmichael in this original and incisive reading of some of the Hebrew Bible and New Testament's most famous narratives. Sifting through the imaginative layers of these texts with an uncanny sensitivity and a panoptic critical eye, he unearths patterns connecting disparate passages, providing fascinating insights into how ideas were expressed, received, and transformed in the ancient Near East. Ranging from Jacob's encounter with Leah to the marriage at Cana to Jesus' encounter with the woman at the well, these readings demonstrate the remarkable subtlety and sophistication of the biblical views on marriage, sexuality, fertility, impurity, creation, and love.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Preface

Introduction

1. Procreation

2. The Marriage at Cana

3. A Sexual Encounter

4. Seduction

5. Contamination

6. Adultery

7. The Suspected Adulteress

8. Incest

9. Desexing

Abbreviations

Notes

Index of References

Subject Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9781299463981

1299463983

9780300153781

0300153783

OCLC:

841170661