Sex In The Bible
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Sex In The Bible
For my book report I chose the topic of sex in the Bible. I thought that it
would be a very interesting topic because in many churches discussion of sex and
sexuality is taboo. I thought that by reading this book I could become more
informed of what the Bible truly says on the subject. I also chose this topic
because I felt that it would be easier reading a book about the bible on a topic
I was interested in. Most subjects pertaining to the Bible are not interesting
to the average teenager, and I felt this book would be fun to read. The name of
the book was Sex in the Bible by Michael R. Cosby. Cosby discusses five parts of
the bible in which sexual relations are discussed. First he discuses the laws
that apply to sex in the Hebrew culture according to the book of Dueteronomy.
Secondly he discuses the wisdom advice of the book of proverbs. Cosby then
discuses the actual act of sex in the book of songs. Next he writes about the
topic of sex and sexuality in the synoptic gospels. Finally he discusses sex in
the books of Corinthians and Paul's letters to the Romans. Cosby's goal is to
interpret the true beliefs of the early Jews and Christians. The book of
Deuteronomy is a book of laws directed for the Hebrew. They are laws given to
them by their god Yahweh. The book of Deuteronomy has several rules and laws
pertaining to sex. The book was written within a society that was very male
oriented. Thus the book makes the assumption that the wife is property of the
husband. This did not give the husband the right to treat his wife as a slave,
however only he had the option of divorce, and he only had the option of
verifying his wife's virginity. The basic two principles behind the laws of sex
in Dueteronomy are that: sex was to be only had in the confides of marriage, and
that the women must be a virgin going into the marriage. Pertaining to the act
of premarital sex, either by free will or by force, the punishment is death by
stoning. If it turns out that the women was raped, then that man which committed
the crime will be forced to marry the women, and is forbidden to divorce her
ever. As far as a women not being pure when she is married, Dueteronomy says
that the husband has the right to bring this claim to his new wife's father. If
the accusation is true than the women will be stoned to death in front of her
father's house. Having an impure daughter was an ultimate disgrace to a father,
in that it was his resposibility to prevent that. If the ...
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