What the Bible Says About Sex

<p>When it comes to sex the Bible is marred by inequality. To address the consequences of that <i>What the Bible Says About Sex</i> asserts that modern perspectives on sexuality and gender should be separated from the more constraining historical views of traditional biblical interpretation.<br><br>What <i>does</i> the Bible say about sexuality? How have traditions of biblical interpretation influenced our understanding of sex and gender? <i>What the Bible Says About Sex</i> answers that and many other questions. Not shy it analyzes why the Church claimed dominion over marriage while the female body remained a source of potential evil. It wrestles with how sexuality is used not only in the past but also in the present to reinforce notions of honor and how it can be used to manipulate others. Deftly it handles a discussion of semen as both profane <i>and</i> the seed of life. It looks brazenly at the pornographic and the erotic passages of the Bible and how traditions of interpretation veiled them. With the Bible frequently invoked to support arguments in the present age over the moral limits of sexuality and gender having a greater awareness of what the Bible says about sex and how it is and has been interpreted is critical now more than ever. <br><br><i>What the Bible Says About Sex</i> is suitable for students scholars and the general reader with an interest in sexuality and the Bible and sex and desire in both ancient and modern Christianity.</p>