This week, many of you have asked about my earlier postings on OT, NT and Intertestiment exegesis on the homosexual issue.  I have refered you to the FAQ files, which I find out, no longer contains them.  They are too long for me to mail to each of you, each article, but will try to get them back on the FAQ file.    Because of the renewed interest on this subject, I will type, with permission, an article by James DeYoung.  I think it is one of the best articles that I've read todate from the conservative position.  I can't post it all at once, so it will come piece meal and not daily.  After I'm done retyping the entire article, I will make it available for the FAQ file.  Talk to clh.  Also, for those who can't get through to me, you may try one of these: REXLEX@FNAL.FNAL.GOV  LEXREX@ALMOND.FNAL.GOV Loren Senders@ADMAIL.FNAL.GOV                                THE SOURCE AND NT MEANING                          OF ARSENOKOITAI, WITH IMPLICATIONS                          FOR CHRISTIAN ETHICS AND MINISTRY                                         James B. DeYoung                                Professor of New Testament                          Western Conservative Baptist Seminary                                       Portland, Oregon       Traditional interpretation of arsenokoitai ("homosexuals") in 1 Cor 6:9 and 1 Tim 1:10 refers to sexual vice between people of the same sex, specifically homosexualitiy.  Some restrict the term's meaning to "active male prostititute," but stronger evidence supports a more general translation, namely "homosexuals."  More recently the definition "homosexual" has been opposed on clutural and linguistic grounds, the claim being that the term "homosexuals" is anachronistic.  In addition, criticism of the traditional rendering says the term today includes celibate homophiles, excludes heterosexuals who engage in homosexual acts, and includes female homosexuals.  A concern for acts instead of the modern attention to desires was the only factor in the ancient world.  The foregoing oppositition to the translation of arsenokoitai by "homosexuals" has a number of debilitating weaknesses.  Finally, this study argues that Paul coined the term arsenokoitai, deriving it from the LXX of Lev 20:12 (cf. 18:22) and using it for homosexual orientation and behavior, the latter of which should be an occasion for church discipline (I Cor 5-6) and legislation in society (1 Tim 1:8-11).                        *************************************                                     INTRODUCTION       Coincident with the rise of the gay rights movement in recent years has been an increasing focus on the biblical statements regarding homosexuality or sodomy.    As part of this focus, the meaning of the term arsenokoitai, used twice by the apostle Paul (1 Cor 6:9,  I Tim 1:10), has received vigorous scrutiny.    This issue is particularly crucial to contemporary society since so much of modern ethics is shaped by biblical statements.  More particularly,  the concern over gay rights and the place of gays or homosexuals in the church and in society require the resolution of biblical interpretation.       This study of historical, linguistic, and literary matters will survey and evalutate recent proposals for the meaning of arsenokoitai and present evidence to point to a resolution.  Several writers and their positions represent the modern debate on this word.  Three authors, Bailey, Boswell, and Scroggs, have provoked considerable discussion and significantly encouraged the wider acceptance of the homosexual lifestyle in society, in the church, and in the ministry.