More Evidence Pertaining to "Their Females" in Romans 1:26
According to the standard view, the "females" of Rom 1:26b have sexual intercourse with other females. According to an older interpretation, however, they engage in nonprocreative sex with men. In this article, I present hitherto unnoticed material in support of the latter interpretation....
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Scholar's Press
[2019]
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Journal of Biblical literature
Year: 2019, Volume: 138, Issue: 1, Pages: 221-240 |
| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
ANAL sex
B WOMEN who have sex with women B Bible. Romans B Rhetoric B GAY erotic literature B Bible. Römerbrief 1,26 |
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| Summary: | According to the standard view, the "females" of Rom 1:26b have sexual intercourse with other females. According to an older interpretation, however, they engage in nonprocreative sex with men. In this article, I present hitherto unnoticed material in support of the latter interpretation. First, when χρῆσις/χράομαι ("use") denotes a sex act, its subject is the man, and the context involves penetration. It is doubtful that χρῆσις in Rom 1:26b refers to female-female sex. Second, I cite three additional ancient writers who deem male-female nonprocreative sex "unnatural." Third, discrepant views among earlier Byzantine writers (Anastasius, Arethas, and Greek redactors of Pseudo-Methodius's Apocalypse) reinforce how the female-female interpretation was not the prevailing one in the early centuries. Fourth, linguistic features of Rom 1:27a more readily support the anal-oral interpretation than the female-female interpretation. |
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| ISSN: | 1934-3876 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Biblical literature
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/jbl.2019.0012 |