God and Sex, Michael Coogan
God and Sex, Michael Coogan
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God and Sex
What the Bible Really Says

Author: Michael Coogan

Narrator: Michael Coogan

Unabridged: 5 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Twelve

Published: 10/01/2010

Synopsis

An examination of sex and the Bible by one of the leading biblical scholars in the United States.

For several decades, Michael Coogan's introductory course on the Old Testament has been a perennial favorite among students at Harvard University. In God and Sex, Coogan examines one of the most controversial aspects of the Hebrew Scripture: What the Old Testament really says about sex, and how contemporary understanding of those writings is frequently misunderstood or misrepresented. In the engaging and witty voice generations of students have appreciated, Coogan explores the language and social world of the Bible, showing how much innuendo and euphemism is at play, and illuminating the sexuality of biblical figures as well as God. By doing so, Coogan reveals the immense gap between popular use of Scripture and its original context. God and Sex is certain to provoke, entertain, and enlighten readers.

About Michael Coogan

Michael Coogan has been a lecturer on the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible at the Harvard Divinity School and the director of publications for the Harvard Semitic Museum. He is the editor of The New Oxford Annotated Bible, The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Books of the Bible, and The Old Testament: A Very Short Introduction.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sarah on February 01, 2011

This book is meant to be understood. Its title is not only provocative, but also stamped prominently in gold. The book is printed like a cheap bible (imitation leather and gold stamping with "religious" art on the flypapers) and so even though I was in search of another book on the topic, this one j......more

Goodreads review by Lee on January 19, 2011

If you're hoping for a biblical Harlequin, look elsewhere. This is a heavy little book, even a little overwhelming, as it delves into the sexual inequalities of biblical times. I found the book rather dark in places; an obvious agenda of the author is to extol how grateful we should be to have outgr......more

Goodreads review by Terence on October 10, 2010

Whilst searching my libraries to see if any had a copy of Stephen Prothero's God Is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World--and Why Their Differences Matter (2 did, huzzah!), I came across this interesting, potential gem. ___________________________ God and Sex is a short discussion (19......more

Goodreads review by Natasha on February 24, 2025

A summary and interesting analysis of the realities of sex, sexuality, marriage, and, to a degree, gender roles in the Bible. I appreciated the anthropological, historical, and literary tone of the analysis -- it felt as frank as the title of the book itself. The book is framed as a tool to help mak......more

Goodreads review by Mary on September 07, 2019

I love the premise of this book, and it had a lot of potential. Coogan is (apparently) a top biblical scholar, and wrote this book for the American masses to explain just what exactly the Bible does have to say about marriage, adultery, homos, pregnancy and abortion, prostitution, the status of wome......more

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