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Bible and Homosexuality

Gender and Sexuality in the Bible

The Hebrew Bible (Old Testament)

Translation and Mistranslation of the Bible

Tradition and Biblical Interpretation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

TEXTS AND SUBJECTS



 

THE HEBREW BIBLE
(Old Testament, or First Testament)

 

TALKS AND LECTURES:


Bible and Homosexuality:
Time for Sharing the Good News.

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To Know "in the Greek Sense", not in the "Biblical" Sense:
The Hebrew verb yada'.

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SODOM AND GOMORRAH




 Genesis 18–19
 

A very complex, dramatic text debating 
the situation and rights of immigrants. 


TALKS AND LECTURES:


A text of terror for lesbians and gay men?
Discovering the biblical concerns behind the story
of Sodom and Gomorrah.

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To "know" in Sodom and Gomorrah: 
A case of fatal, sex-related mistranslation.

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An intense biblical debate on immigration: 
The relevance for our time of Abraham, Sarah, and Lot.

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The nameless women of Sodom:
The significance of Lot's wife and two daughters.

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Significant resonances between Sodom and Gomorrah
and the book of Exodus.

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"Sodomy" versus "the yardstick of Sodom":
Differences between Christian and Jewish approaches.

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The cruelty of Sodom in Jewish tradition: 
"Adjusting" visitors to a bed, starving beggars, and
the execution of a charitable girl. 
   

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THE CRIME OF GIBEAH

 

Book of Judges 19–20

A polemical story with fierce political overtones about
the murderous sexual assault on a young woman. 


 TALKS AND LECTURES:


What is the crime of Gibeah?
The underlying political message. 

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How a scathing attack on King Saul became 
a text of terror for women and gay people.

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To "know" in Gibeah: 
The curious story of a sex-related mistranslation.

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WITH A MALE

 

Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13


 An uncompromising prohibition of incestuous
relations between male next of kin. 



TALKS AND LECTURES:

"As with a woman": 
The story of a fatal mistranslation.

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How did a prohibition of incest become a 
universal condemnation of same-sex relationships? 

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MALE AND FEMALE

 

Genesis 1–3


The creation story:
Dual gender and God-like humanity.



TALKS AND LECTURES:


What did the first human being look like?
A biblical image of dual gender.

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Adam's "rib": a fatal mistranslation 
which has caused misery for women and gay people.  

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"Going in to" and "lying down with":
The language of sex in the book of Genesis.

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Adam "knew" his woman Eve:
the language of marriage in the Hebrew Bible.


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QUALIFICATIONS



PhD in Theology 2006

 

Experienced writer,
lecturer and teacher
in three languages:


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English

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