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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.
| ISBN | 080063618X | | Pages | 144 | | ISBN13 | 9780800636180
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Augsburg Fortress | | Weight (grammes) | 204 | | Imprint | Augsburg Fortress | | Published in | Minneapolis | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 180 | | Publication date | 01 Sep 2003 | | Width (mm) | 141 | | Library of Congress | BS | | Spine width (mm) | 6 | | DEWEY | 220.8306766 | | Academic level | General, Tertiary education, Professional / Scholarly | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | |
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| | | Preface | | | | | | The Bible, the Church, and Homosexuality by Dan O. Via | | | | | | Introduction | | 1 | | | | The Authority of the Bible | | 2 | | | | Hermeneutics: The Problem of Interpretation | | 2 | | | | Changing Attitudes | | 3 | | | | The Old Testament | | 4 | | | | Transition to the New Testament | | 9 | | | | The New Testament | | 11 | | | | Homosexual Orientation | | 15 | | | | Defense of the Traditional Position | | 18 | | | | Wandering in the Wilderness | | 28 | | | | A Way Forward | | 29 | | | | The Bible and Homosexual Practice: Key Issues by Robert A. J. Gagnon | | | | | | On Determining What Matters in Scripture | | 41 | | | | The Proper Use of Analogies | | 43 | | | | Love and Grace from the Perspective of Jesus and Paul | | 50 | | | | The Pervasive Stance against Homosexual Practice in the Old Testament | | 56 | | | | The Levitical Proscriptions and the Issue of Purity | | 62 | | | | The Witness of Jesus | | 68 | | | | The Witness of Paul | | 74 | | | | Concluding Thoughts | | 88 | | | | Response to Robert A. J. Gagnon by Dan O. Via | | 93 | | | | Response to Dan O. Via by Robert A. J. Gagnon | | 99 | | | | Select Bibliography | | 106 | | | | Index of Scripture | | 112 |
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