This is the fifth and final installment of William Loader's authoritative, acclaimed series on attitudes toward sexuality in the ancient world. Sexual themes are never far beneath the surface where there are human beings. This was certainly the case...
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This is the fifth and final installment of William Loader's authoritative, acclaimed series on attitudes toward sexuality in the ancient world.
Sexual themes are never far beneath the surface where there are human beings. This was certainly the case for Christians in the first-century world. Some began in a strongly Jewish context and worked out their faith in dialogue with their scriptural heritage. Others had to work out their sexual ethics in a world strongly influenced by Greco-Roman ideals and practices.
In The New Testament on Sexuality William Loader explores the relevant cultural contexts and looks at New Testament texts related to sexuality, highlighting both the warnings about sexual wrongdoing and the affirmations of sexual union. He deals with specific themes such as divorce, same-sex relations, women and men in leadership, and celibacy; individual behavior, gender roles and rules, preferences, and hopes also fall under the scope of his investigation. Broad-ranging and thorough, this book engages both the biblical texts and the diverse ways in which they have been interpreted.
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PRODUCT DETAIL
- Catalogue Code 354550
- Product Code 9780802867247
- ISBNÂ 0802867243
- EANÂ 9780802867247
- Pages 575
- Department Academic
- Category Biblical Studies
- Sub-Category New Testament
- Publisher Eerdmans
- Publication Date Aug 2012
- Sales Rank 60858
- Dimensions 233 x 155 x 36mm
- Weight 0.850kg
William R G Loader
Revd Professor William R. G. Loader (Dr theol., Mainz, Germany) FAHA is Research Professor at Murdoch University, with a five year Australian Research Council Professorial Fellowship to work on the project: Attitudes towards Sexuality in Judaism and Christianity in the Hellenistic Greco-Roman Era.
He is the author of The Christology of the Fourth Gospel; The Johannine Epistles (Epworth Commentray)The Dead Sea Scrolls on Sexuality: Attitudes towards Sexuality in Sectarian and Related Literature at Qumran (Eerdmans, 2009); The New Testament - with Imagination: A Fresh Approach to its Writings and Themes (Eerdmans, 2007); Sexuality and the Jesus Tradition (Eerdmans, 2005); Jesus' Attitude towards the Law (Eerdmans, 2002) and Jesus and the Fundamentalism of his Day (Eerdmans, 2001).
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