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Flame of Yahweh: Sexuality in the Old Testament is unavailable, but you can change that!

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...

expressions—are contaminated. The wholistic view of humanness presented in 2:7 means that human sexuality cannot be compartmentalized into “the things of the body” versus “the things of the spirit/soul.” The human being is a sexual creature, and his/her sexuality is manifested in every aspect of human existence. This wholistic view of sexuality means that the “one flesh” experience of husband and wife (2:24) involves not only the sex act but also a oneness—a wholeness—in all the physical, sensual,
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