After a few hermeneutical preliminaries reflecting on how to perceive 'homosexuality' appropriately in ancient contexts within the framework of gender roles, the exegetic contribution first casts an iconographic glance at two Ancient Near Eastern images. This background then helps to sharpen the contours of prominent OT texts: On the one hand, the narrative creation texts in Gen 1-3 elaborate two distinct models of human gender roles, both of which should be understood as fundamental anthropological and theological constructions and conceptualizations. On the other hand, it becomes clear that the only explicit statement on sexual intercourse between two men in Lev 18:22/20:13 represents a prescriptive parenesis seeking to ensure the transgenerational survival of the threatened Yahweh-community in the Persian province of Yehud. In both instances, the contexts and pragmatics of the texts are essential when asking about possible implications for understanding 'homosexuality'.

Enthalten in:
Evangelische Theologie; 2020/3 Zweimonatsschrift (2020)

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Serie / Reihe: Evangelische Theologie

Personen: Leuenberger, Martin

Schlagwörter: Geschlechterrolle Altes Testament Homosexualität