Language:
English
Year of publication:
2020
Titel der Quelle:
Theological Studies
Angaben zur Quelle:
71,1 (2020) 1-10
Keywords:
Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Homosexuality Biblical teaching
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Jewish law Biblical teaching
Abstract:
The laws in Lev. 18:22 and 20:13 are general considered to prohibit homosexual intercourse between men. A renewed investigation of the vocabulary used in the prohibition, taking an important cue from Gen. 49:4, points the way to a different understanding. As Reuben lay on his father’s bed, having intercourse with his father’s concubine, so the man addressed in Lev. 18:22 and par. is prohibited to lie on the bed of a woman, having sex with her man. The laws prohibit homosexual intercourse involving a married man.
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