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The erotic Word : sexuality, spirituality, and the Bible

Author: David McLain Carr
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: David McLain Carr
ISBN: 0195156528 9780195156522
OCLC Number: 50091614
Description: x, 212 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Introduction: The Bible and eros --
I: THE EDEN GARDEN AND THE LAW: Before the Garden: made in God's bodily image --
The Eden Garden, part 1: created for erotic connection --
The Eden Garden, part 2: the tragic loss of connectedness --
The "Rules": Biblical sexual morality --
II: ISAIAH'S VINEGARD GARDEN AND THE PROPHETS: Marriage to God: Isaiah's vineyard and other images of divine-human sexuality --
Unromantic eros: divine-human gender terror, religious exclusivism, and love gone wrong --
III: THE GARDEN OF THE SONG OF SONGS AMIDST THE WRITINGS: Other gardens: women's worlds and ancient love poetry --
Come to the garden: a walk through the Song of Songs --
The erotic and the mystical: bringing sexuality and spirituality together in reading the Song of Songs --
IV: CONCLUDING REFLECTIONS: The word made flesh: echoes of the Old Testament gardens in the New Testament --
Epilogue: The erotic word.
Responsibility: David Carr.
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