I replaced At the other end of the spectrum of Biblical scholarship would be those who hold a view of the Bible that allows a broader range of metaphorical interpretation and or of interpretation of moral commands and their immutability from being under the Romantic section where it had been moved to by Contaldo as it manifestly does not belong there and makes no sense It is not the traditionalistsliteralists who see things such as Jonathans divestiture of his clothing as sexual anymore than they see Moses doing that to Aaron as rape Num  Or see a staff representing a phallus Elisha and the dead boy in a historical narrative Or conclude that the Bible offers no coherent sexual ethic Wink or that The gospel allows no rule against the following in and of themselves   bestiality polygamy homosexual acts or pornographyL William Countryman Dirt Greed and Sex Fortress  The paragraph that was moved originally was part of the section explaining the two interpretive grids overall representative of the traditional position and the modern view While this article does not deal directly with that issue it is a pertinent aspect and is not out of place    Just a note as regards using the word scholar Such a title does not necessarily impress God or me and should not really be a big issue except as regards the refusal to allow the term being applied to those who hold to the traditional position here see edit Contaldo while those on the opposing side are referenced as such from the beginning There is no precise established definition for such though the editors may apply one but the general meaning ranges from A learned person or a specialist in a given branch of knowledge to even a student I would require the second one here  Apart from the deletion editors antipathy towards Gagnon i do think some of the people who disagree with the Romantic position may warrant the title scholar   As for Gagnon well he does have a BA degree from Dartmouth College an MTS from Harvard Divinity School and a PhD from Princeton Theological Seminary and is author of The Bible and Homosexual Practice Texts and Hermeneutics Nashville Abingdon Press   pgs and which has received numerous peer reviews httpwwwrobgagnonnetRevPraisehtm  And coauthored with Dan O Via Homosexuality and the Bible Two Views Minneapolis Fortress Press   pgs as well as numerous other articles as well as many substantial exchanges with those on the opposing side He is a member both of the Society of Biblical Literature and of the Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas and has published scholarly articles on biblical studies in Journal of Biblical Literature New Testament Studies Catholic Biblical Quarterly Novum Testamentum Zeitschrift fr die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft Horizons in Biblical Theology and The Christian Century   I do understand such a resume may not change ones opinion of his work or the lack of esteem such a one may have for those who disagree with them but perhaps the title of scholar could be allowed for them in a secular article