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Starred Review. Readers looking with an unbiased appraisal of what the Bible says about premarital sex, homosexuality, and polygamy can trust Coogan, a biblical scholar of the highest order. Concise, clear, and accessible to general readers, this book covers every among the usual topics plus a couple of that could surprise. A professor of religious studies at Stonehill College and editor of the New Oxford Annotated Bible, Coogan has additionally taught at Harvard and Wellesley. He covers predictable ground in unpredictable ways, frankly noting, for example, the pervasive biblical assumption that women ar`e subordinate while explaining how that reflects the Bible's foreign and ancient context. The author does not overreach the evidence to market his very own agenda, but notes the Bible's contradictions on certain issues and admits the limits of contemporary scholarship. Readers could be surprised to look for a convincing discussion of evidence for God's own (sometimes unflattering) sexuality, in metaphor or even in fact. Coogan's reminder in the book's end that modern use of biblical texts requires interpretation and nuance can be a welcome corrective to selective, literalist use.
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Revered by the devout being a revelation of God’s will, the Bible vexes many progressive thinkers as an obstacle to gender equality and sexual liberation. Coogan has written this book to aid such progressives manage their vexations. He argues, for instance, that religious conservatives misunderstand some from the scriptural passages they wield against homosexuality. He reinterprets the Genesis account of Sodom, for instance, being a condemnation not of homosexual practices but rather of callous inhospitality toward vulnerable strangers. Even more audaciously, Coogan turns the tables on Hebrew prophets’ denouncing the worship of female pagan deities, suggesting that such worship provided a much-needed corrective to patriarchy. In scriptural passages affirming a sexual discipline offensive to modern sensibilities, Coogan sees merely a deplorable cultural bias, sustained by worshipping God like a jealous and abusive husband. A critique as radical because this you will astonish conservatives, who'll wonder why people that accept it might even bother with the Bible. But it's going to embolden social activists glad to weaken restraints rooted in traditional understandings of scripture. Expect media attention and controversy. --Bryce Christensen --This text refers for the Imitation Leather edition.