Dirt, Greed, & Sex
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This new revised edition, of the landmark 1988 text, includes updated text and notes throughout, taking advantage of recent studies of sexual ethics and, where appropriate, criticizing them. A new chapter engages the presumed "ethic of creation7#34; that has become a major theme among more conservative thinkers and writers in biblical ethics. A concluding chapter on sex is thoroughly rewritten and offers a positive statement of a New Testament sexual ethic.
Preface to the Second Edition ixPreface to the First Edition xiiiIntroduction 7DirtWhat Is Purity? 9Israel's Basic Purity Law 17Purity in First-Century Judaism 46Purity and Christianity: A First-Century Historian's Interpretation 65Purity in the Gospels 77Paul and Purity 92The New Testament and Sexual Purity 124GreedWomen and Children as Property in the Ancient Mediterranean World 144Household and Sexual Property in the Gospels 164Paul and Sexual Property 185The New Testament on Sexual Property 215SexAre Other Principles of Sexual Ethics at Work in the New Testament? 230New Testament Sexual Ethics and Today's World 253Abbreviations 284Bibliography 285Notes 295Index 330
