THE BIBLE AND QUEER STUDIES
Gay and Christian in
KENYA, UGANDA,
TANZANIA, RWANDA
AND BURUNDI
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Writings by Rev. Dr. Thomas Hanks on the Bible and Homosexuality
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  • Sodom and Gomorrah:  Gen 19
  • Sodom in Jesus' teaching:  Matt 10; Lk 10
  • Jude (the brother of Jesus):  Sodom again
  • "Sodomites" in Five Hebrew Scriptures?  Deut 23
  • Bring back the death penalty?  Lev 18 & 20
  • "Males' bed(s)" in two Pauline vice texts:  I Cor 6; I Tim 1
  • Pretext out of context?  Rom 1:26-27
  • From Sodom the place (Genesis 19), to Sodomy the sin (1000 A.D.)
  • Safer Sex before Condoms: Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13
  • The New Testament: Beginning with Jesus, not Paul
  • Deconstructing our Homophobia: with Paul in Romans
  • Proper Use of Scripture for Sexual Questions
  • Queer Theology for 14 Sexual Minorities - Controversial Sexual Areas
  • A Gay Apostle’s Queer Epistle for a Peculiar People: Romans 1:24-27 in its context
  • Romans 1:18-2:16, a new translation
  • Bibliography 1 Queer Theology and Gender Studies
  • Bibliography 2 Homoeroticism in Romans 1:26-27 and Homophobic Interpretations
  • Bibliography 3 Romans
  • Appendix: Romans 16:  Poor slaves, women leaders, and sexual minorities in five
    humble


Writings by Rev. Stephen R. Parelli on the Bible and Homosexuality

    The following is an outline of the Powerpont Presentation and the handout notes
    that go with the Powerpoint Presentation.  The following links take you the
    corresponding segment of the Powerpoint Presentation:

    Introduction:  The English word Sodomite(s) in the Old Testament (KJV) – An  
    erroneous rendering of the Hebrew by the 1611 King James translators

    Part One:  Not a story about homosexuality, but about rape
    Part Two:  What were the sins of Sodom and Gomorrah?
    Part Three:  Conclusion – The real rape today

    Chapter 2:  Two New Testament Greek Words  I Cor 6:9; I Tim. 1:9-10
    Part One:  Introduction – The two texts in question: The two Greek
    words in question
    Part Two:  malakos – Why 'soft' does not mean 'homosexual'
    Part Three:  arsenokoites – What Zues and Naas teach us about
    homosexuality
    2.  Five Attempts at Unlocking the Meaning of arsenokoites

    Chapter 3:  "Against Nature"  Romans 1:26-27
    Part One:  Robert E. Goss – Paul has been wrong before
    Part Two:  Jeff Miner and John Tyler Connoley – It doesn't apply to me
    Part Three:  Thomas Hanks – The seven myths of Romans 1 exposed

    Chapter 4:  Male-Male Sex in Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13
    Part One:  Robert E. Goss – Gender role confusion
    Part Two:  Jeff Miner and John Tyler Connoley – Homosexual temple
    prostitution
    Part Three: L. William Countryman – Prohibition of mixing kinds

    Chapter 5:  The Last "Clobber Passage" – Jude 7, "Going after strange
    flesh"

    Bibliography on the Bible and Homosexuality

Wrtings by James Miller on the Bible and certain sexual matters contained
therein   
By clickin the foregoing link you will arrive at the Other Sheep webpage that contains links
for each of the following items:







Chapter 1          Raw Material, An Introduction
Chapter 2          Sexuality and Gender, Divine and Human:
Genesis 1-2
Chapter 3          Naked and Ashamed: Genesis 3, etc.
Chapter 4          Euphemism, Talking Around the Issues
Chapter 5          Circumcision, the Covenant of Reproduction
Chapter 6          Unclean Emissions:
Leviticus 15
Chapter 7          Leviticus 18 & 20
Chapter 8          Virgins, Prostitutes and Concubines, a Woman's Place
Chapter 9          Prostitutes, Israelite and Pagan
Chapter 10        Procreation Values, Polygamy and Levirate Marriage
Chapter 11        Taken By Force, Rape and Gender Violence
Chapter 12        The Enigma of Solomon's Song
Chapter 13        Size Matters, a Mercifully Short chapter
Chapter 14        Eunuchs and Genealogies
Chapter 15        Beyond Genealogy, New Testament Family Values
Chapter 16        Gender, Divorce and Adultery:
 Matthew 5 & 19
Chapter 17        What a Relief!  Paul on Sexual Needs
Chapter 18        Patristics 1 - What the Church Fathers Thought on the Big Three NT   
    Texts on Homosexuality
Chapter 19        Patristics 2 - The Church Tradition of the Necessary Evil
Chapter 20        Like Angels in the End
Chapter 21        Conclusion

APPENDICES

Appendix 1        Abortion, the Unspoken
Appendix 2        Hyenas and Hares, A Bit of Clement of Alexandria's Pedagogue
Appendix 3        Arsen in The Sentences of  PseudoPhokylides

Glossary            A Short Glossary of Sources

Bibliography      BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Other Sheep, Theologian
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Buenos Airs, 2006, by Steve
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