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Sex & the Single Savior
 - Both the gospels and Paul favor celibacy over sex, and the single life over marriage. Was this only because they thought the world would end, or were there inherent "problems" they saw in gender roles and sexual relations that they thought were overcome somehow by Jesus?
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- In today's reading, queer biblical scholar Dale Martin will explore the New Testament texts to challenge the common contemporary view that Christianity is and always has been pro-marriage.
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- Assigned Readings
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- Primary:
- Sex & the Single Savior Synopses handout (Camino)
- Secondary:
- Dale Martin, Sex & the Single Savior, 91-147
- online class prep
- Writing Focus:
- Distinguishing what you say from what they say (They Say/I Say 67-74)
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- Slides for Lecture
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Dale Martin is Professor Emeritus at the Henry Koerner Center for Emeritus Faculty at Yale University, having taught there and at Rhodes College and Duke University. He has published widely on slavery in early Christianity, gender and sexuality issues, and biblical interpretation more broadly. |
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- Further Reading
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- Allison, Dale C., Jr. "Divorce, Celibacy and Joseph (Matthew 1:18-25 and 19:1-12)." Journal for the Study of the New Testament 15:49 (1993) 3-10.
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- Clark, Elizabeth A. "The Celibate Bridegroom and His Virginal Brides: Metaphor and the Marriage of Jesus in Early Christian Ascetic Exegesis." Church History 77:1 (2008) 1-25.
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- Farla, P. J. "'The Two Shall Become One Flesh': Gen 1.27 and 2.24 in the New Testament Marriage Texts." In Intertextuality in Biblical Writings: Essays in Honour of Bas van Iersel (ed. Sipke Draisma; Kampen, Netherlands: J. H. Kok, 1989) 67-82.
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- Holland, Glenn S. "Celibacy in the Early Christian Church." In Celibacy and Religious Traditions (ed. Carl Olson; New York: Oxford University Press, 2008) 65-83.
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- Janzen, David. "The Meaning of Porneia in Matthew 5.32 and 19.9: An Approach from the Study of Ancient Near Eastern Culture." Journal for the Study of the New Testament 23:80 (2001) 66-80.
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- Johnson, Alan F. "Gender and Justice in the New Testament." Priscilla Papers 23:1 (2009) 21-7.
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- Loader, William R. G. "Did Adultery Mandate Divorce?: A Reassessment of Jesus' Divorce Logia." New Testament Studies 61:1 (2015) 67-78.
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- Moloney, Francis J. "Matthew 19:3-12 and Celibacy: A Redactional and Form Critical Study." Journal for the Study of the New Testament 1:2 (1979) 42-60.
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- --------. "A New Testament Hermeneutic for Divorce and Remarriage in the Catholic Tradition." The Australasian Catholic Record 92:3 (2015) 269-88.
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- Wallace, Mark I. "Early Christian Contempt for the Flesh and the Woman Who Loved Too Much in the Gospel of Luke." In The Embrace of Eros: Bodies, Desires, and Sexuality in Christianity (ed. Margaret D. Kamitsuka; Minneapolis: Fortress, 2010) 33-49.
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