Michael Carden

Sodomy

A History of a Christian Biblical Myth

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 377g
• ISBN-13: 9781904768302
• ISBN-10: 190476830X
• Artikelnr.: 22239744

Autorenporträt

Michael Carden teaches Biblical Studies and Comparative Religion at the University of Queensland, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introducing Sodom/olog/y: A Homosexual Reading Hetero-Textuality
2. Reading Sodom and Gibeah
3. A Shared Heritage - Sodom and Gibeah in Temple Times
4. But the Men of Sodom Were Worse than the Men of Gibeah for the Men of Gibeah Only Wanted Sex: Sodom the Cruel, Gibeah and Rabbinic Judaism
5. Towards Sodomy: Sodom and Gibeah in the Christian Ecumen
6. The Sin that Arrogantly Proclaims Itself - Inventing Sodomy in Medieval Christendom
7. Conclusion: Detoxifying Sodom and Gomorrah