{"product_id":"making-sense-of-sex-attitudes-towards-sexuality-in-early-jewish-and-christian-literature-9780802870957","title":"Making Sense of Sex: Attitudes Towards Sexuality in Early Jewish and Christian Literature","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book is about listening to what writers were saying about sex in early Judaism and Christianity -- ancient words surprisingly relevant for today. It functions as both a summary and a conclusion to William Loader's five previous books on sexuality in a form accessible to those who may not have a background knowledge of early Judaism and Christianity. It also contains a useful subject index to those five previous volumes.\u003cbr\u003e In examining thoroughly all the relevant writings and related evidence of the Greco-Roman period, Loader dialogues with scholarship related to each writing in order to make his conclusions as objective as possible. By enabling the reader to listen respectfully to these ancient texts, \u003cem\u003eMaking Sense of Sex\u003c\/em\u003e provides a basis for informed discussion of sexual issues today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLoader, William:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - William Loader is professor emeritus of New Testament atMurdoch University, Perth, Australia. His other books onsexuality in early Judaism and Christianity are Philo, Josephus, and the Testaments on Sexuality;The Pseudepigrapha on Sexuality; TheDead Sea Scrolls on Sexuality; and Enoch, Levi, and Jubilees on Sexuality.,","brand":"William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50413079462162,"sku":"9780802870957","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_297332cf-2b53-403e-bd3f-4ef04252da9c.jpg?v=1729344777","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/making-sense-of-sex-attitudes-towards-sexuality-in-early-jewish-and-christian-literature-9780802870957","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}