Homosexuality and the Bible: Two Views
Few recent issues have sparked such debate in the churches as homosexuality, same-sex unions, and ordination of gays and lesbians. A key point of contention is the meaning and authority of the biblical witness.\ In this brief book, two New Testament scholars discuss the relevant biblical texts on the subject of homosexual behavior and orientation. Discussing both Old Testament and New Testament texts, each author also raises important interpretive and moral questions and then offers a...
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In this brief book, two New Testament scholars discuss the relevant biblical texts on the subject of homosexual behavior and orientation. Discussing both Old Testament and New Testament texts, each author also raises important interpretive and moral questions and then offers a response to the other's main assertions. Chief questions examined by each include what the Bible has to say about homosexuality and homosexual behavior, the meaning of those texts in their cultural contexts, and the larger hermeneutical dilemma of what kind of authority the Bible's teaching, if recoverable, has for Christians today.
PrefaceThe Bible, the Church, and HomosexualityIntroduction1The Authority of the Bible2Hermeneutics: The Problem of Interpretation2Changing Attitudes3The Old Testament4Transition to the New Testament9The New Testament11Homosexual Orientation15Defense of the Traditional Position18Wandering in the Wilderness28A Way Forward29The Bible and Homosexual Practice: Key IssuesOn Determining What Matters in Scripture41The Proper Use of Analogies43Love and Grace from the Perspective of Jesus and Paul50The Pervasive Stance against Homosexual Practice in the Old Testament56The Levitical Proscriptions and the Issue of Purity62The Witness of Jesus68The Witness of Paul74Concluding Thoughts88Response to Robert A. J. Gagnon93Response to Dan O. Via99Select Bibliography106Index of Scripture112
