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Sex and religion in the Bible / Calum Carmichael.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, ©2010.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 210 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780300153781
  • 0300153783
  • 1299463983
  • 9781299463981
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Sex and religion in the Bible.DDC classification:
  • 220.8/3067 22
LOC classification:
  • BS680.S5 C36 2010eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
Online resources:
Contents:
Preface -- Introduction -- Procreation -- The marriage at Cana -- A sexual encounter -- Seduction -- Contamination -- Adultery -- The suspected adulteress -- Incest -- Desexing -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index of references -- Subject index.
Summary: If we look to the Bible for historical accounts of ancient life we make profound error. So contends Calum Carmichael in this reading of some of the Hebrew Bible and New Testament's most famous narratives.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Preface -- Introduction -- Procreation -- The marriage at Cana -- A sexual encounter -- Seduction -- Contamination -- Adultery -- The suspected adulteress -- Incest -- Desexing -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index of references -- Subject index.

Print version record.

If we look to the Bible for historical accounts of ancient life we make profound error. So contends Calum Carmichael in this reading of some of the Hebrew Bible and New Testament's most famous narratives.

English.