Making Sense of Sex: Attitudes towards Sexuality in Early Jewish and Christian Literature - Brossura

Loader, William

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ISBN 10: 0802870953 ISBN 13: 9780802870957

Casa editrice: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2013

Riassunto

This book is about listening to what writers were saying about sex in early Judaism and Christianity -- ancient words surprisingly relevant for today. It functions as both a summary and a conclusion to William Loader's five previous books on sexuality in a form accessible to those who may not have a background knowledge of early Judaism and Christianity. It also contains a useful subject index to those five previous volumes.

In examining thoroughly all the relevant writings and related evidence of the Greco-Roman period, Loader dialogues with scholarship related to each writing in order to make his conclusions as objective as possible. By enabling the reader to listen respectfully to these ancient texts, Making Sense of Sex provides a basis for informed discussion of sexual issues today.

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John J. Collins-- Yale Divinity School"The capstone of a project that has already produced five volumes of detailed research, this book establishes Loader as the Kinsey of biblical sexuality. Like Kinsey, he has taken a topic that has often been taboo and demystified it. His patient cataloguing of the diverse biblical attitudes to sexuality complicates the issue for anyone who would appeal to biblical authority in a simplistic way. This is a major contribution both to biblical scholarship and to practical theology."Margaret Y. MacDonald-- St. Francis Xavier University"Making Sense of Sex could only have been written by a scholar who has spent a decade of research and previously published five scholarly volumes on the topic. Here William Loader presents his main conclusions in a highly accessible format. The lucid prose, anchored with references to primary sources, makes it an indispensable resource for students, but scholars will also find much value in the concise overview. . . . Loader is clearly a worldwide leading expert on sexuality in early Judaism and early Christianity, and his command of the material is detectable on every page."Paul Foster-- University of Edinburgh"This book is much more than a mere distillation of Loader's magisterial five-volume study of attitudes toward sexuality in ancient Jewish and Christian sources. With consummate skill, precise prose, and detailed understanding of relevant texts, Loader takes readers on a journey drawing out overarching themes relating to attitudes toward sexuality, yet without minimizing the diversity of views that existed. . . . This scintillating study showcases biblical scholarship in its finest form. Beyond simply being an exercise in excellent exegesis, it delves into the fundamental questions of what it means to be both human and sexual beings. One could wish for no better guide in tackling these vexed issues concerning sexuality."George J. Brooke --John J. Collins-- Yale Divinity School

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• Editore: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0802870953
• ISBN 13: 9780802870957
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 176