Romans 1 and Homosexuality: A Critical Review of James Brownson's "Bible, Gender, Sexuality"

In the flurry of recent books about homosexuality and the Bible, James Brownson's Bible, Gender, Sexuality offers a very convincing defense of same-sex marriage. However, Brownson makes several historical assumptions that are inaccurate, which end up working against his thesis. For instance, co...

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Main Author: Sprinkle, Preston M. 1976- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Eisenbrauns 2014
In: Bulletin for biblical research
Year: 2014, Volume: 24, Issue: 4, Pages: 515-528
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Summary:In the flurry of recent books about homosexuality and the Bible, James Brownson's Bible, Gender, Sexuality offers a very convincing defense of same-sex marriage. However, Brownson makes several historical assumptions that are inaccurate, which end up working against his thesis. For instance, contrary to Brownson, the ancient world did hold to a form of sexual orientation and there are examples of peer homosexual relationships. Therefore, there is no reason to believe that Paul only had excessively immoral same-sex relationships in his mind when he penned Romans 1.
ISSN:2576-0998
Contains:Enthalten in: Bulletin for biblical research
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.2307/26371313