God and Sex by Coogan, Michael -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Front Cover Image Welcome Dedication Introduction 1. To Know in the Biblical Sense: Speaking of Sex 2. He Will Rule over You: The Status of Women

Widows Virginity

Jephthah’s Virgin Daughter Celibacy as an Ideal The Virgin Mary

Women’s Public Roles Women’s Domestic Roles

3. As It Was in the Beginning?: Marriage and Divorce

Abortion Arranged Marriages Endogamy and Exogamy Polygamy Divorce

4. Thou Shalt Not: Forbidden Sexual Relationships in the Bible

Adultery

David and Bathsheba

Sex with Family Members

Tamar Lot’s Daughters Reuben

Other Prohibited Sexual Relationships Same-Sex Relationships in the Bible

David and Jonathan Sodom and Sodomy Prohibitions of Homoerotic Relations Jesus and Same-Sex Relationships

5. Folly in Israel: Rape and Prostitution

Dinah Tamar Prostitution

6. Fire in the Divine Loins: God’s Wives in Myth and Metaphor

Myth and Metaphor Yahweh’s Wives in Myth Polytheism in Ancient Israel Yahweh’s Children The Goddess Wisdom Yahweh’s Wives in Metaphor

Problems with the Metaphor

Conclusion Acknowledgments Illustration Credits Notes Bibliography Table of Contents About the Author Acclaim for God and Sex Copyright Page

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