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 -- ArsenokoitsĖ 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.