Flame of Yahweh: Sexuality in the Old Testament - Softcover

Davidson, Richard M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1565638476 ISBN 13: 9781565638471

Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, 2007

Synopsis

Flame of Yahweh offers a thorough exploration of gender relationships and sexual activity in the Old Testament. Topics include sexuality in Eden, the elevation vs. the denigration of women, exclusivity vs. adultery and premarital sex, permanence vs. divorce and remarriage, intimacy vs. incest, and sexuality in the Song of Songs.

Written from a theologically conservative perspective, Richard Davidson provides a meticulously researched work which makes extensive use of other Ancient Near Eastern documents on subjects ranging from homosexuality to gender relations. At the same time, the author offers clear explanations of terms and historical context that make the work accessible to the reader.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Flame of Yahweh provides a thorough discussion and perceptive theological understanding of human sexuality and gender as revealed in the Old Testament. Davidson sets before his readers the original intent and continuing ideal of sexual and gender relations as provided in the Scriptures of the OT. The Edenic ideals of human sexuality, love, and relationship are plunged into discord and disharmony, a discord and disharmony as evident on the pages of the Bible as in the daily news. In response to this disarray, Davidson demonstrates how the OT provides a renewed vision of the true and the right. Recognizing the foundational aspects of his comprehensive study for New Testament studies, the author also outlines the implications for the NT understanding of human sexuality and gender that grew out of the OT literature.

About the Author:

Richard M. Davidson is Chair of the Old Testament Department at Seventh- Day Adventist Theological Seminary at Andrews University in Berrien Springs,Michigan and J. N. Andrews Professor of Old Testament Interpretation.

About this edition

• Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1565638476
• ISBN 13: 9781565638471
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 844