What the Bible Says About Sex

This book asserts that modern perspectives on sexuality and gender should be separated from more constraining views of traditional biblical interpretation, often invoked today to support arguments over the moral limits of sex. Suitable for those interested in sexuality and the Bible, and sex in Christianity across time.

Jeremiah W. Cataldo is an Associate Professor of History in the Frederik Meijer Honors College at Grand Valley State University. With an academic background in biblical studies and the history of ancient Israel, his previous books include A Social-Political History of Monotheism (Routledge), Biblical Terror, Breaking Monotheism, and others.

Introduction 1. Let's talk about sex 2. Controlling the sexual body 3. Knowing as sexual 4. Masculinity and marriage as control over deviant sexuality 5. The nonideal nature and danger of the female body 6. The gender of God and man 7. No means yes, right? Prohibited sex in the Bible 8. Sex as a power tool 9. Sex, honor, and manipulation 10. Seminal emissions and shameful admissions 11. Erotica vs. pornography, part 1: desire 12. Erotica vs. pornography, part 2: objectified women 13. Conclusions and climaxes.