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Plato or Paul? : the origins of Western homophobia / Theodore W. Jennings, Jr.
| Author/creator | Jennings, Theodore W. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Cleveland, Ohio : Pilgrim Press, 2009. |
| Description | vii, 244 pages ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Homophobia as a social construct ; Modern homophobic discourse ; The Bible and modern homophobia ; The direction of the study -- Plato and Greece. Affirmation. Charmides ; Lysis ; Symposium -- Sublimation. Phaedrus ; Symposium again (Diotima) ; Alcibiades -- Rejection : the Laws -- Other Greeks. Xenophon's Symposium ; Aiskhines v. Timarkhos -- Why homophobia? -- Hellenistic discourse. The arguments on love. Plutarch's Dialogue on love ; Achilles Tatius ; (Pseudo-)Lucian : the affairs of the heart -- Stoic homophobia. Musonius Rufus ; Maximus of Tyre -- Hellenistic Judaism and the hermeneutic of homophobia. Philo ; Sodom ; Josephus ; Pseudo-Phocylides -- The case of Paul. In a word : malakoi and arsenokoitai. Malakoi ; Arsenokoitai -- When in Rome : the interpretation of Romans 1:26-27. Against nature : looking closer ; The unjust social order : looking at the context ; In Caesar's court ; Unnatural women ; Burning with desire -- Christian homophobia. The corruption of youths -- The case of Antinous -- Clement on nature -- The emergence of homophobic hermeneutics : Origen to Chrysostom. Sodom ; The appropriation of Romans -- Homophobic Christian law. Gender troubles ; Justinian -- Grafting homophobia. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2009002891 |
| ISBN | 9780829818550 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0829818553 (alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | HQ76.4 .J46 2009 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |