Sex in the Bible (2006 Ellens), book

Sex in the Bible: A New Consideration (2006) is a book by J. Harold Ellens.

Abstract

Published in Westport, CN: Praeger Publishers, 2006.

1. Introduction: Psychology and spirituality of sex
2. Bible, sex, and moralization
3. God's sexuality: deity, gender, and sexual design in creation
4. Falling in and out of love
5. Making love: celebrating sex
6. Making babies: purposes of sex
7. Sin and seduction: Adam, Eve, and sex problems
8. Old Testament sex laws: women as property versus women as agents of their destiny
9. Adultery: sex and marriage
10. Monogamy: models and meanings
11. Homosexuality: what does the Bible say in the Old Testament?
12. Homosexuality: what does the Bible say in the New Testament?
13. Bad sex: incest, pedophilia, bestiality, necrophilia, rape, and sodomy
14. Sex and love: the real thing
15. Sex and shalom: what God had in mind