Dirt, greed, and sex
Subtitle: sexual ethics in the New Testament and their implications for today
By: L. William Countryman.
Edition: 1st paperback ed.
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 290
Subjects: Bible. -- N.T. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Sex in the Bible; Sexual ethics -- History; Sex customs -- History
Notes: Includes indexes.

Bibliography: p. 270-274.
Table of contents: title: What is purity ?; title: Israel's basic purity law; title: Purity in first-century judaism; title: Purity and christianity- a f irst century historian's interpretation; title: Purity in the gospels; title: Paul and purity; title: The new testament and sexual purity; title: Women and children as property in the ancient mediterranean world; title: Family and sexual property; title: The new testament on sexual property; title: New testament sexual ethics and todays world.