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Articles by Martti Nissinen
The best books on Same Sex Love in the Ancient World
We’re talking about same sex love in the ancient world. Why is this an important subject to study, or what does it illuminate? Most of the arguments that are advanced against same-sex love, and indeed against all queer lives, are often rooted in ancient texts like the Bible. They may also be rooted in what are often described as ‘common sense’ views on gender or sex, which have ancient origins.
La profecía en la Antigüedad: perspectivas próximo-orientales, bíblicas y griegas
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Prophetic Bodies in the Ancient Near East — ANCIENT JEW REVIEW
Read the full 2024 SBL panel of responses to Anathea Portier-Youngs’s The Prophetic Body here. It can be said without exaggeration that Anathea Portier-Young’s The Prophetic Body is a milestone in the research of prophecy, whether as a historical phenomenon, as a type of literature, or as a narrative trope.
Gay Culture: Ancient Wonder or Modern Creation?
Right now, this month especially, sexual identity feels as if it is blinking like a seizure-inducing strobe light, flipping between darkness and light. On the illuminating side of things, it is Gay Pride month, the LGTBQ community is increasingly visible, and the society at large is slowly embracing new definitions of sexuality and gender.
Sexy Sunday School: Naughty Bible Translation
I went to a Jewish Sunday school, first at a Conservative synagogue, then Reform. I learned to read Hebrew. I also learned “Bible stories” at Sunday school, though I’m not entirely sure we read from the text itself. At some point, maybe sixth grade, we received our own personal Hebrew-English Bibles. The cover was smooth black faux leather with my name embossed in gold. Through middle and high school, this book sat on the bookshelf in my room.
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