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abomination, 76, 77, 86-89, 91, 111, 134,152, 169, 174abortion, 2, 80 Abraham, 43, 44, 77, 103, 113abuse of the ‘other’, 92accident and essence, 38, 44 Adam, 8, 10, 29, 30, 35-38, 43, 47, 48, 75,99, 104, 105, 111, 114, 139, 152‘Adam and Steve,’ 48adoption, 1, 19, 30, 57, 70, 161, 162adultery, 47, 59, 62, 64, 76, 78, 97,107-109, 126, 131, 139, 141, 156 Aelred of Rievaulx, 154 Aesop, 45affinity, 54, 74, 82, 130, 160, 162against nature, 67, 170

ahava

, 144 Akiba, R., 28alcohol and tobacco, 159, 160 Amnon, 143, 144anal intercourse, 64-67, 78, 169-171anatomy, 3, 26, 45, 139, 145, 151, 154,175 Anglican Communion, 3, 114, 138, 175‘Anglican Fudge,’ 82animal nature, 6, 150, 155 Aquinas, 16, 34, 37, 38, 41-45, 54, 150,154 Aristophanes, 37, 60 Aristotle, 16, 41-44, 111, 154

arsenokoitai

, 63, 69, 89, 128, 129, 170asceticism, 68, 90 Ashkinazy, David, 156asymmetry, 76-78, 154, 171 Augsburg Confession, 116 Augustine, 34, 66, 68, 116, 117, 170 Augustinian Rule, 68 Augustus, 60authority of scripture, 9, 11, 152authority of the church, 81, 82, 86, 109,110, 118, 119, 121, 174, 175 Authorized Version, 46, 58, 88, 91, 113,147bachelor uncles, 17Bagemihl, Bruce, 149Balaam, 132Baptismal Covenant, 102Barth, Karl, 33-37Belial, 130Bell, A.P. and M.S. Weinberg, 61, 161

berdache

, 164bestiality, 21, 74, 77, 78, 88, 125, 126,131, 169, 170, 173

beulah

, 54biblical interpretation, 2, 33, 42, 43, 46,59, 78-80, 82-94, 97-119, 121bibliolatry, 102biological determinism, 151, 153birth control, 7, 22, 158

bi’ah she’lo k’darka

, 64-67, 77, 78, 169,171blasphemy, 91, 100, 112blessing ‘sin’, 58, 167blood transfusion, 117blood, eating of, 80, 85, 100, 104, 105,115-118, 174, 175Blue Laws, 98Body of Christ, 19, 28, 52, 141, 142Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, 140Boswell, John, 164, 165‘Bride of Christ,’ 14, 54, 147

Brokeback Mountain

, 144Brooten, Bernadette, 63-65brother-sister marriage, 103Buber, Martin, 5, 55Cain, 12, 100Calvin, J. 116Cameron, Paul, 161Canaanite woman, 123, 146, 147canon of Scripture, 80capacity to love, 6, 12capital punishment, 68, 78catechism, 34, 35categorical imperative, 157celibacy, 6, 15, 17, 35-38, 56, 58, 61, 68,126, 156, 157

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celibacy, as charism, 35celibacy, of Jesus, 35Centurion’s servant, 136Chalcedon, 30chattel slavery, biblical mandate, 112-114childbirth, 14, 70, 161child-rearing, 162

chresis

, 67, 77, 171Christ, 3, 6, 9, 10, 14-16, 19, 25-30, 33,36, 38, 51-56, 58, 80, 81, 85, 93,109, 110, 114, 115, 117, 118,121, 123-125, 136, 138, 139,141, 142, 146, 147, 156, 172Christ and the church, 6, 27, 28, 33, 36,51-54, 81, 146, 147Christ as head, 25church and marriage, 166, 174-176church approval of same-sex marriage,175church as body, 25-28, 141, 142Church of England, 31circumcision, 93, 103, 142civil law, 2-4, 20, 23, 30, 60, 71, 76, 78,101, 153, 158, 161, 163, 166civil marriage, 2-4, 20-23, 30, 59, 61, 70,166civil rights, 166civil union, 4, 161Clement of Alexandria, 66, 150, 170closet, life in the, 155, 174cohabitation, 25, 30, 166common sense, 84, 110companionship, 9, 29-31, 47, 48, 139complementarity, 3, 4, 31-38, 41, 42, 44,45, 47, 70, 75, 77complementary angles, 31conception, 7-9, 12, 19concubinage, 59, 60concubine, 76, 168consanguinity, 21, 74, 160contraception, 6, 22, 119, 153, 158contrary to nature, 37, 149, 151, 170, 171Cornelius, 125cosmology, 11, 16, 43cousin marriage, 106, 159covenant, 11, 18, 70, 93, 102, 144, 145,165, 166Cranmer, Thomas, 82creation, 7, 5, 7, 9-15, 17, 19, 21, 22, 24,25, 28-30, 32-34, 36-38, 42, 43,60, 66, 67, 75, 85, 98, 100, 101,105, 107, 111, 114-116, 126,130, 139, 153, 173creation account, 12-14, 24, 29, 36, 42,43, 75, 126creation ordinance, 173creeds, 11cross-dressing, 89Damascus road, 69, 122Dante, 111Darwin, Erasmus, 42debt forgiveness, 141Decalogue, 84, 87, 92-94, 97-99, 104, 108,109, 125, 138defective humanity, 32defective science, 42definitional argument, 162denial of existence of same-sexuality, 13,59, 145, 173deontological ethics, 81desuetude, 118dictionary fallacy, 134, 173Diet Coke argument, 153dietary law, 1, 89, 90, 99, 108, 109, 115,116, 136, 138digamy, 130dimorphism, 139, 146, 152, 154disposition, 24, 109, 137, 138, 156, 173divine command ethic, 76, 81, 99, 100,104divorce, 15, 16, 18, 24, 25, 60, 61, 71, 93,101, 107, 110, 119, 123, 126,128, 157-159, 162, 163, 175dog, 88, 134, 146domestic partnership, 4domination, 14, 26, 105Dorff, Elliot N., 103double standard, 62, 119, 157

doulos

, 136Dover, K.J., 60

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Duberman, Martin, 164economy of salvation, 10, 11Eden, 14, 15, 19, 30, 105effeminacy, 60, 133Egypt, 97, 102, 103, 106, 114, 169Elijah, 80Elizabethan Settlement, 118Elkanah, 16embodiment, 142ends of marriage, 5, 7, 18 (see also, goodsof marriage)Enoch, 29, 130, 132, 168Episcopal Church, 6, 11, 18, 32, 33, 74,102, 112-114, 163, 175equality, 14, 70equity, 71, 142, 143

eruth davar

, 107eschatology, 14, 17, 56essentialism, 155essentials of the Law, 130Esther, 175Ethiopian eunuch, 19etiology, 14eunuchs, 18, 19, 133, 147euphemism, 67, 112, 145Eusebius, 116Eve, 8, 10, 12, 29, 30, 36, 37, 47, 48, 99,105, 139, 154

eved

, 114exchange, 65, 171exogamy, 74experience as hermeneutical tool, 93, 152Fairfield, Andrew, 32fallacy by category, 153fallibility, 11fertility, 15, 17, 19, 21, 56, 63, 70fidelity, 3, 15, 21, 52, 56, 62, 69, 119, 138,157, 158, 175Finnis, John, 20, 26flesh and spirit, 151folk etymology, 46folk sexuality, 42food offered to idols, 100, 117, 123, 124footwashing, 55, 115forbidden degrees, 74, 76, 129-131, 159,172form criticism, 91fornication, 6, 18, 57-62, 69, 71, 100, 126,132, 159fornication, remedy for, 57-62, 71Frankenstein monster, 48Freud, Sigmund, 134

gadol kavod habriyot

, 102, 118Gagnon, R.A.J., 62, 73, 74, 126, 129, 133,134, 146Geller, Myron, 88generation of the Flood, 132Genesis as template, 73, 172genetic altruism, 17Gentiles, 13, 26, 65-67, 69, 90, 93, 97,100, 101, 115, 117, 119, 123,130, 136, 170, 172Gentiles, admission of, 93, 100, 101Gershom ben Judah, R. 59gestalt, 38Gibeonites, 112Gnosticism, 34, 151God and Israel, 6, 33, 36, 51-54, 107God and neighbor, 93, 94, 104, 125, 138,142, 146Goethe’s

Faust

, 55Golden Rule, 115Gomer, 54goods of marriage, 5, 6, 9, 14, 15, 18,22-24, 31, 38, 48, 55, 57, 70,139, 150, 153 (see also, ends ofmarriage)gospels as response to epistles, 123Grand Unified Theory of sexuality, 73,76, 77greatest love, 143, 145, 173, 174Greek view of homosexuality, 70Greenberg, David F., 60, 164Guare, John, 24Hannah, 16harlot, 28, 54, 64, 67, 76, 126-128, 131,139, 140, 172, 173harlot, not to marry priest, 28, 128Harmon, Kendall, 89

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