God and Sex
What the Bible Really Says

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

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

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

意外的很好讀。 作者從聖經文本中提及性與性別的段落，從譯文、古文以及文本變化中去剖析聖經（作者們）對神和性、和性別之間的想法、思考，以及在聖經成形的年代中對這些的想法以及社會脈絡。 我覺得作者切入的角度以及試著將經文還原到被書寫以及逐漸定型下來的年代，然後梳理經文呈現的想法這個方式很有一讀的價值，而他也提出他認為聖經，或說神的言語中最核心、最重要的概念是「善待你的鄰人」，不對他人做你不願遭遇之事。將可能含帶歧視、貶抑或仇恨的經文和這個核心價值比較，雖然作者沒有明確做出道德判斷（畢竟他一再強調的，是解讀經文時必須同時理解那個年代的社會普遍價值觀，我同意這一點），但當他將「善待你的鄰人」做為最高原則的......more

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