1st Edition

What the Bible Says About Sex Why We Read It The Way We Do

By Jeremiah Cataldo Copyright 2023
238 Pages 20 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

238 Pages 20 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

238 Pages 20 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

When it comes to sex, the Bible is marred by inequality. To address the consequences of that, What the Bible Says About Sex asserts that modern perspectives on sexuality and gender should be separated from the more constraining, historical views of traditional biblical interpretation. What does the Bible say about sexuality? How have traditions of biblical interpretation influenced our... Read more

Introduction 1. Let’s talk about sex 2. Controlling the sexual body 3. Knowing as sexual 4. Masculinity and marriage as control over deviant sexuality 5. The nonideal nature and danger of the female body 6. The gender of God and man 7. No means yes, right? Prohibited sex in the Bible 8. Sex as a power tool 9. Sex, honor, and manipulation 10. Seminal emissions and shameful admissions 11. Erotica vs. pornography, part 1: desire 12. Erotica vs. pornography, part 2: objectified women 13. Conclusions and climaxes.

Biography

Jeremiah W. Cataldo is an Associate Professor of History in the Frederik Meijer Honors College at Grand Valley State University. With an academic background in biblical studies and the history of ancient Israel, his previous books include A Social-Political History of Monotheism (Routledge), Biblical Terror, Breaking Monotheism, and others.