Essays about: "Leviticus 20:13"

Found 2 essays containing the words Leviticus 20:13.

  1. 1. “You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination.” (Lev 18:22, 20:13) – Come again?

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Gamla testamentets exegetik

    Author : Simon Hedlund; [2016]
    Keywords : Leviticus 18:22; Leviticus 20:13; homosexuality; cultural appropriation; hermeneutics; Old Testament; Hebrew Bible; male same-sex; bans; third book of Moses; Holiness Code; implications; Leviticus 18:22; Leviticus 20:13; homosexualitet; kulturell appropriering; hermeneutik; Gamla testamentet; Hebreiska Bibeln; samkönat sex; förbud; tredje Mosebok; Helighetslagen; implikationer;

    Abstract : This paper investigates Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13 from the perspective of the hermeneutical implications of their historical context appropriated into a modern contextual understanding and possible application. To do this, four prominent historical theories (relating the ban to procreation, idolatry, against nature/the order of creation, and Canaanite practices) of the origin of the verses, and the ban therein, are chosen to be analysed. READ MORE

  3. 2. “The Kingdom of God cannot be inherited by ἀρσενοκοῖται! (1 Cor 6:9)” : Who are they, and why is Paul condemning them?

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nya testamentets exegetik

    Author : Simon Hedlund; [2015]
    Keywords : Paul; Josephus; Philo; homosexuality; power; arsenokoitai; ἀρσενοκοῖται; translation; Kingdom of God; Greco-Roman; Jewish; same-sex; male homosexuality; 1 Cor 6:9; First epistle to the Corinthians; First Corinthians; 6:9; Leviticus; 18:22; 20:13; malakos; μαλακός; contextuality; condemnation; Paulus; Josefus; Filon; homosexualitet; makt; arsenokoitai; ἀρσενοκοῖται; översättning; Guds Rike; Grekisk-Romersk; Judisk; samkönat; manlig homosexualitet; Första Korintierbrevet; 1 Kor 6:9; 6:9; Leviticus; Tredje Moseboken; 18:22; 20:13; malakos; μαλακός; kontextualitet; fördömande;

    Abstract : This paper will look at the interpretation and translation of ἀρσενοκοῖται (1 Cor 6:9) in the list of people who will not inherit the kingdom of God. The word is mentioned in 1 Cor 6:9-10, and it has been translated in ways going from “homosexual”, “men who lay with men” and “sodomite” to “a man who lets others use himself or who uses others for debauchery” and “pedophile”. READ MORE