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Abraham's Hospitality
ancient hospitality ethics
Author_Michael Carden
Bar Koni
biblical hermeneutics
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Christian Homophobia
Christian interpretations of Sodom
Contra Naturam
Derekh Eretz
destruction
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Fundamental Scripture
Genesis Rabbah
guests
homophobic
Homophobic Intent
Homophobic Interpretation
Homophobic Reading
Homosexual Panic
house
interpretation
Lot's Daughters
Lot's Guests
Lot's Offer
Lot's Wife
lots
Male Male Anal Sex
Pack Rape
Peter Cantor
Pirke De Rabbi Eliezer
queer theology
rabbinic literature studies
readings
religious xenophobia
scriptural sexuality debates
sin
Sodom's Sin
Sodomitic Sex
Sodomitic Vice
sodoms
Targum Pseudo-Jonathan
Wicked Cities
wife
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9781904768302
- Weight: 470g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 01 Nov 2004
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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The biblical narrative of Sodom and Gomorrah has served as an archetypal story of divine antipathy towards same sex love and desire. 'Sodomy' offers a study of the reception of this story in Christian and Jewish traditions from antiquity to the Reformation. The book argues that the homophobic interpretation of Sodom and Gomorrah is a Christian invention which emerged in the first few centuries of the Christian era. The Jewish tradition - in which Sodom and Gomorrah are associated primarily with inhospitality, xenophobia and abuse of the poor - presents a very different picture. The book will be of interest to students and scholars seeking a fresh perspective on biblical approaches to sexuality.
Michael Carden teaches Biblical Studies and Comparative Religion at the University of Queensland, Australia.
