Homoseksualizm w prawodawstwie biblijnego Izraela
Homosexuality in the Biblical Law
Author(s): Barbara StrzałkowskaSubject(s): Gender Studies, History of Law, Ancient World, Biblical studies, Canon Law / Church Law, Philosophy of Law
Published by: Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II - Wydział Teologii
Keywords: Homosexuality; Lev 18:22; Lev 20:13; Deut 23:18-19; Lev 18:21; contemporary interpretations of the biblical laws on homosexuality; legislation of ancient Israel; male sacred prostitution;
Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this article is to look at the topic of homosexuality in ancient Israel’s legislation and to analyze the specific regulations on this issue. The issue of homosexual acts appears clearly twice in the Torah, in Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13, in both cases alongside other intimate practices prohibited by Law. Both texts are discussed in the article together with their context, and then possible interpretations – the traditional ones, and those proposed in recent years. The latter try to demonstrate that the content of biblical legislation is not clearly opposed to homosexual relations (unlike how it was interpreted in the Jewish and Christian traditions). The article additionally – in the discussed context of the legislation on homosexuality – analyses two biblical texts possibly dealing with male sacred prostitution (Deut 23:18-19 and possibly also Leviticus 18:21).
Journal: Verbum Vitae
- Issue Year: 39/2021
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 137-162
- Page Count: 26
- Language: Polish