Geschlechterrollen und Homosexualität im Alten Testament

After a few hermeneutical preliminaries reflecting on how to perceive ›homosexuality‹ appropriately in ancient contexts within the framework of gender roles, the exegetic contribution first casts an iconographic glance at two Ancient Near Eastern images. This background then helps to sharpen the con...

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Main Author: Leuenberger, Martin 1973- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:German
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Published: De Gruyter [2020]
In: Evangelische Theologie
Year: 2020, Volume: 80, Issue: 3, Pages: 206-229
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Bible. Genesis 1-3 / Bible. Levitikus 18,22 / Bible. Levitikus 20,13 / Iconography / Homosexuality
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
NCF Sexual ethics
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Summary:After a few hermeneutical preliminaries reflecting on how to perceive ›homosexuality‹ appropriately in ancient contexts within the framework of gender roles, the exegetic contribution first casts an iconographic glance at two Ancient Near Eastern images. This background then helps to sharpen the contours of prominent OT texts: On the one hand, the narrative creation texts in Gen 1-3 elaborate two distinct models of human gender roles, both of which should be understood as fundamental anthropological and theological constructions and conceptualizations. On the other hand, it becomes clear that the only explicit statement on sexual intercourse between two men in Lev 18:22/20:13 represents a prescriptive parenesis seeking to ensure the transgenerational survival of the threatened Yahweh-community in the Persian province of Yehud. In both instances, the contexts and pragmatics of the texts are essential when asking about possible implications for understanding ›homosexuality‹.
ISSN:2198-0470
Contains:Enthalten in: Evangelische Theologie
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.14315/evth-2020-800307