What was the Sin of Sodom: Homosexuality, Inhospitality, or Something Else?: Reading Genesis 19 as Torah

by Brian Neil Peterson

Overview

Virtually every scholar on both sides of the same-sex discussion eventually addresses the account of Sodom found in Genesis 19. However, in recent years, scholars have tended to downplay the importance of this chapter in relation to this debate. This book challenges this trend and seeks to demonstrate how the account of Sodom plays a key role in our understanding of a God-ordained sexual ethic, especially in light of Genesis as Torah--instruction for both ancient Israel and for the Church.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781498291835
Publisher:	Resource Publications
Publication date:	10/19/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	168
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Brian Neil Peterson is Assistant Professor of Old Testament and Hebrew at Lee University in Cleveland, Tennessee. He is the author of Ezekiel in Context (2012), The Authors of the Deuteronomistic History (2014), and John's Use of Ezekiel (2015).
Brian Neil Peterson is Associate Professor of Old Testament and Hebrew at Lee University in Cleveland, Tennessee. He has authored a number of peer-reviewed articles and books including Ezekiel in Context (2012), The Authors of the Deuteronomistic History (2014), John's Use of Ezekiel (2015), What Was the Sin of Sodom? (2016), and Genesis as Torah (2018). He has also co-authored an OT survey titled, Voice, Word, and Spirit: A Pentecostal Survey of the Old Testament (2017).

Table of Contents

Preface ix

Acknowledgments xi

Abbreviations xii

Introduction xv

Chapter 1 Common Fallacies Related to the Same-Sex Debate 1

Chapter 2 The Narrative Context of Genesis 19 14

Chapter 3 What Was the Sin of Sodom? Part 1: Sexual Deviance 26

Chapter 4 What Was the Sin of Sodom? Part 2: The Defiling of the Land 38

Chapter 5 What Was the Sin of Sodom? Part 3: A Rejection of the Creation Order 49

Chapter 6 What Was the Sin of Sodom? Part 4: The Rejection of God's Decrees 61

Chapter 7 What Was the Sin of Sodom? Part 5: Inhospitably 68

Chapter 8 What Was the Sin of Sodom? Part 6: Social Injustice 83

Chapter 9 Sodom in Extra-Biblical Texts and the New Testament 99

Chapter 10 Conclusion 115

Bibliography 121

Author Index 133

Subject Index 135

Scripture Index 139