The earthy nature of the Bible
Subtitle: fleshly readings of sex, masculinity, and carnality
By: Roland Boer
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; Springer
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9781137273055; 9781137273154
Subjects: RELIGION / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / General; RELIGION / Sexuality & Gender Studies; Bible; RELIGION / Christianity / General; RELIGION / Biblical Commentary / General; Criticism, interpretation; Sex in the Bible
Description: "Is the Bible far more earthy and crude than we often realise? In a provocative and thoroughly enjoyable study, Roland Boer covers the Bible's testicular logic, the spermatic spluttering pen(ise)s of the scribal prophets, the moist and juicy sensuality of the Song of Songs, and paraphilias, whether prostitution or pornography, lascivious rabbis, masturbating prophets, bestiality, or necrophilia. The book strikes a fine balance between serious, rigorous scholarship and a close attention to matters of sex, masculinity, and carnal delights - precisely those delights that escape many readers of the Bible"--