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Flame of Yahweh : sexuality in the Old Testament /

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Peabody, Mass. : Hendrickson Publishers, ©2007.Description: xxix, 844 Pages. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781565638471 (alk. paper)
  • 9780801046025
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 233/.5 22
LOC classification:
  • BS1199.S45 D38 2007
Online resources:
Contents:
Sexuality in the beginning: Genesis 1-2 -- Sexuality and the fall: Genesis 3 -- Creation ordinance versus cultic sexuality -- Human heterosexuality versus homosexuality, transvestism, and bestiality -- Monogamy versus polygamy/concubinage -- Elevation versus denigration of women -- Wholeness versus fragmentation (prostitution, mixed marriages, masturbation, sexual blemishes, and impurities) -- Exclusivity versus adultery and premarital sex -- Intimacy versus incest -- Procreative sexuality versus problems/distortions (childlessness, children born out of wedlock, and abortion) --Sexuality in the song of songs: The Holy of Holies -- Sexuality in the Songs of Songs: The Flame of Yahweh.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books SAIACS General Stacks Centre for South Asia Research (CSAR) 233.5 D252F (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C.1 Available 049048
Books Books SAIACS General Stacks Centre for South Asia Research (CSAR) 233.5 D252F (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C.2 Available 051621

Includes bibliographical references (p. [659]-801) and indexes.

Sexuality in the beginning: Genesis 1-2 -- Sexuality and the fall: Genesis 3 -- Creation ordinance versus cultic sexuality -- Human heterosexuality versus homosexuality, transvestism, and bestiality -- Monogamy versus polygamy/concubinage -- Elevation versus denigration of women -- Wholeness versus fragmentation (prostitution, mixed marriages, masturbation, sexual blemishes, and impurities) -- Exclusivity versus adultery and premarital sex -- Intimacy versus incest -- Procreative sexuality versus problems/distortions (childlessness, children born out of wedlock, and abortion) --Sexuality in the song of songs: The Holy of Holies -- Sexuality in the Songs of Songs: The Flame of Yahweh.

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