Sex and the single Savior : [manuscript] : gender and sexuality in biblical interpretation /

Martin, Dale B., 1954-

Sex and the single Savior : gender and sexuality in biblical interpretation / [manuscript] : Dale B. Martin. - 1st ed. - Louisville, Ky. : Westminster John Knox Press, c2006. - xii, 268 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-257) and indexes.

The myth of textual agency -- The rhetoric of biblical scholarship: a primer for critical reading of historical criticism -- Arsenokoitsˊ and malakos: meanings and consequences -- Heterosexism and the interpretation of Romans 1:18-32 -- Paul without passion: on Paul's rejection of desire in sex and marriage -- The queer history of Galatians 3:28: "no male and female" -- Sex and the single Savior -- Familiar idolatry and the Christian case against marriage -- The hermeneutics of divorce -- Community-shaped Scripture -- The space of Scripture, the risk of faith.

0664230466 (pbk) 9780664230463 (alk. paper)

2006046146


Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc.


Sex--Biblical teaching.

BS680.S5 / M365 2006

220.8/3067