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The second in a four-part mini-series responding to Jubilee's Middle Ground video, "Liberal Christians vs Conservative Christians". In this video, I examine the conservative arguments surrounding homosexuality in scripture, demonstrating that such arguments are built on mistranslation and the wilful misrepresentation of Biblical texts
If this content would be distressing for you, please see this random video of heckin' cute puperinos instead: youtube.com/watch?v=5bKv-UJDcIE
Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tYxn...
Brenda's channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1Xf...
Parts:
0:00 Introduction
0:41 Liberal Opening Statements
3:57 Initial Conservative Response
6:16 1 Corithians and Timothy
7:46 Leviticus
11:04 Romans
17:23 Watering Down the Gospel
20:48 Coda
Biblical references:
[OT] Genesis 6:4-5, 19; Exodus 23; Leviticus 18:22, 20:13; Deuteronomy 14:3-21; Isaiah 1:13; Ezekiel 18:13
[Gospels] Matthew 5:29-30, 7:15,16, 18:8-9, 19:21,24
[Other NT] Romans 1:18-2:11 (esp 1:26-27); 1 Corinthians 6:9-10, 1 Timothy 1:8-11, 1 Peter 2:9
Apocryphal references:
1 Enoch 1-36
Testament of Reuben 5:5-6
Jubilees 20:3
3 Maccabees 2:3-5
Testament of Naphtali 3:4-5
Academic references:
[1] Gibbs, Jeremy J. and Jeremy Goldbach (2015). ‘Religious Conflict, Sexual Identity, and Suicidal Behaviors among LGBT Young Adults’, Archives of Suicide Research, 19:4, pp.472-488.
[2] Boppana, Shilpa, and Alan M. Gross (2019). ‘The impact of religiosity on the psychological well-being of LGBT Christians’, Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health, 23:4, pp. 412-426.
[3] Dahl, Angie L., and Renee V. Galliher (2012). ‘LGBTQ adolescents and young adults raised within a Christian religious context: Positive and negative outcomes’, Journal of Adolescence, 35:6, pp. 1611-1618.
[4] Chalke, Steve, Ian Sansbury, and Gareth Streeter (2017). ‘In the Name of Love: The Church, Exclusion, and LGB Mental Health Issues’, OASIS.
[5] Sherwood, Harriet (2018) ‘Rejection by C of E has driven LGBT people to suicide, bishop says’, The Guardian
[6] http://canyonwalkerconnections.com/forging-a-sacred-weapon-how-the-bible-became-anti-gay
[7] 1946themovie.com
[8] Brodsky, David (2009) ‘Sex in the Talmud: How to Understand Leviticus 18 and 20’, in Drinkwater, Gregg, Joshua Lesser, and David Shneer (eds.) ‘Torah Queeries: Weekly Commentaries on the Hebrew Bible’, NYU Press.
[9] Wells, Bruce (2020) ‘On the Beds of a Woman: The Leviticus Texts on Same-Sex Relations Reconsidered’, in Lipka, Hilary and Bruce Wells (eds.) ‘Sexuality and Law in the Torah’, Bloomsbury Publishing, pp.123-158.
[10] Milgrom, Jacob (2008) ‘Leviticus 17-22: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary’, The Anchor Yale Bible 3A. New Haven, Yale University Press.
[11] Tabb Stewart, David (2006) ‘Leviticus’, in Guest, Deryn, Robert E. Goss, Mona West, and Thomas Bohache (ed.) ‘The Queer Bible Commentary’, SCM Press, pp.66-104.
[12] Tabb Stewart, David (2017) ‘LGBTQ/Queer Hermeneutics and the Hebrew Bible’, Currents in Biblical Research, 15:3, pp.289-314.
[13] Joosten, Jan (2020) ‘A New Interpretation of Leviticus 18:22 (par. 20:13) and its Ethical Implications’, The Journal of Theological Studies, 71:1, pp.1-10.
[14] Lings, K. (2015) ‘The ‘Lyings’ of a Woman: Male-Male Incest in Leviticus 18:22?’, Theology & Sexuality, 15:2, pp.231-250.
[15] Stiebert, Johanna (2016) ‘First-degree incest and the Hebrew Bible: Sex in the family’, 596, Bloomsbury Publishing.
[16] Confalonieri, Luca Badini, Sharon A Bong, Michael Brinkschröder, Aloysius Lopez Cartagenas, Margaret A. Farley, Jeannine Gramick, Hille Hacker, Karin Heller, Michael Lawler, Kathryn Lilla Cox, Gerard Loughlin, Aaron Milavec, Stanislaw Obirek, Markus Patenge, Irina Pollard, Todd Salzman, Mark S. Smith, David Stronck, Christina Traina, John Wijngaards (2021) ‘Christian Objections to Same Sex Relationships: An Academic Assessment’, Wijngaards Institute for Catholic Research.
[17] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality_in_ancient_Rome
[18] reformationproject.org/case/tradition
[19] St. John Chrysostom ‘Homilies on the Acts of the Apostles and the Epistle to the Romans’
[20] reformationproject.org/case/romans
[21] Simon Gathercole (2006) ‘Sin in God’s Economy: Agencies in Romans 1 and 7’, in Barclay, John M. G. and Simon Gathercole ‘Divine and Human Agency in Paul and His Cultural Environment’, Library of Biblical Studies, T&T Clark, pp. 157-172.
[22] Edart, Jean-Baptiste (2012) ‘The New Testament and Homosexuality’, in Himbaza, Innocent, Adrian Schenker, and Jean-Baptiste Edart (eds.) ‘The Bible on the Question of Homosexuality’, Catholic University of America Press, pp.73-125.
[23] Loader, William (2014) ‘Same-Sex Relationships: A 1st-Century Perspective’, HTS Theologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 70:1, pp.1-9.
[24] reformationproject.org/case/sodom-and-gomorrah
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The second in a four-part mini-series responding to Jubilee's Middle Ground video, "Liberal Christians vs Conservative Christians". In this video, I examine the conservative arguments surrounding homosexuality in scripture, demonstrating that such arguments are built on mistranslation and the wilful misrepresentation of Biblical texts
If this content would be distressing for you, please see this random video of heckin' cute puperinos instead: youtube.com/watch?v=5bKv-UJDcIE
Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tYxn...
Brenda's channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1Xf...
Parts:
0:00 Introduction
0:41 Liberal Opening Statements
3:57 Initial Conservative Response
6:16 1 Corithians and Timothy
7:46 Leviticus
11:04 Romans
17:23 Watering Down the Gospel
20:48 Coda
Biblical references:
[OT] Genesis 6:4-5, 19; Exodus 23; Leviticus 18:22, 20:13; Deuteronomy 14:3-21; Isaiah 1:13; Ezekiel 18:13
[Gospels] Matthew 5:29-30, 7:15,16, 18:8-9, 19:21,24
[Other NT] Romans 1:18-2:11 (esp 1:26-27); 1 Corinthians 6:9-10, 1 Timothy 1:8-11, 1 Peter 2:9
Apocryphal references:
1 Enoch 1-36
Testament of Reuben 5:5-6
Jubilees 20:3
3 Maccabees 2:3-5
Testament of Naphtali 3:4-5
Academic references:
[1] Gibbs, Jeremy J. and Jeremy Goldbach (2015). ‘Religious Conflict, Sexual Identity, and Suicidal Behaviors among LGBT Young Adults’, Archives of Suicide Research, 19:4, pp.472-488.
[2] Boppana, Shilpa, and Alan M. Gross (2019). ‘The impact of religiosity on the psychological well-being of LGBT Christians’, Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health, 23:4, pp. 412-426.
[3] Dahl, Angie L., and Renee V. Galliher (2012). ‘LGBTQ adolescents and young adults raised within a Christian religious context: Positive and negative outcomes’, Journal of Adolescence, 35:6, pp. 1611-1618.
[4] Chalke, Steve, Ian Sansbury, and Gareth Streeter (2017). ‘In the Name of Love: The Church, Exclusion, and LGB Mental Health Issues’, OASIS.
[5] Sherwood, Harriet (2018) ‘Rejection by C of E has driven LGBT people to suicide, bishop says’, The Guardian
[6] http://canyonwalkerconnections.com/forging-a-sacred-weapon-how-the-bible-became-anti-gay
[7] 1946themovie.com
[8] Brodsky, David (2009) ‘Sex in the Talmud: How to Understand Leviticus 18 and 20’, in Drinkwater, Gregg, Joshua Lesser, and David Shneer (eds.) ‘Torah Queeries: Weekly Commentaries on the Hebrew Bible’, NYU Press.
[9] Wells, Bruce (2020) ‘On the Beds of a Woman: The Leviticus Texts on Same-Sex Relations Reconsidered’, in Lipka, Hilary and Bruce Wells (eds.) ‘Sexuality and Law in the Torah’, Bloomsbury Publishing, pp.123-158.
[10] Milgrom, Jacob (2008) ‘Leviticus 17-22: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary’, The Anchor Yale Bible 3A. New Haven, Yale University Press.
[11] Tabb Stewart, David (2006) ‘Leviticus’, in Guest, Deryn, Robert E. Goss, Mona West, and Thomas Bohache (ed.) ‘The Queer Bible Commentary’, SCM Press, pp.66-104.
[12] Tabb Stewart, David (2017) ‘LGBTQ/Queer Hermeneutics and the Hebrew Bible’, Currents in Biblical Research, 15:3, pp.289-314.
[13] Joosten, Jan (2020) ‘A New Interpretation of Leviticus 18:22 (par. 20:13) and its Ethical Implications’, The Journal of Theological Studies, 71:1, pp.1-10.
[14] Lings, K. (2015) ‘The ‘Lyings’ of a Woman: Male-Male Incest in Leviticus 18:22?’, Theology & Sexuality, 15:2, pp.231-250.
[15] Stiebert, Johanna (2016) ‘First-degree incest and the Hebrew Bible: Sex in the family’, 596, Bloomsbury Publishing.
[16] Confalonieri, Luca Badini, Sharon A Bong, Michael Brinkschröder, Aloysius Lopez Cartagenas, Margaret A. Farley, Jeannine Gramick, Hille Hacker, Karin Heller, Michael Lawler, Kathryn Lilla Cox, Gerard Loughlin, Aaron Milavec, Stanislaw Obirek, Markus Patenge, Irina Pollard, Todd Salzman, Mark S. Smith, David Stronck, Christina Traina, John Wijngaards (2021) ‘Christian Objections to Same Sex Relationships: An Academic Assessment’, Wijngaards Institute for Catholic Research.
[17] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality_in_ancient_Rome
[18] reformationproject.org/case/tradition
[19] St. John Chrysostom ‘Homilies on the Acts of the Apostles and the Epistle to the Romans’
[20] reformationproject.org/case/romans
[21] Simon Gathercole (2006) ‘Sin in God’s Economy: Agencies in Romans 1 and 7’, in Barclay, John M. G. and Simon Gathercole ‘Divine and Human Agency in Paul and His Cultural Environment’, Library of Biblical Studies, T&T Clark, pp. 157-172.
[22] Edart, Jean-Baptiste (2012) ‘The New Testament and Homosexuality’, in Himbaza, Innocent, Adrian Schenker, and Jean-Baptiste Edart (eds.) ‘The Bible on the Question of Homosexuality’, Catholic University of America Press, pp.73-125.
[23] Loader, William (2014) ‘Same-Sex Relationships: A 1st-Century Perspective’, HTS Theologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 70:1, pp.1-9.
[24] reformationproject.org/case/sodom-and-gomorrah
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