contrary to nature’ in the light of 1:27, where Paul speaks of ‘males’ abandoning ‘natural intercourse of the female’ (i.e. with women) for sexual intercourse with men. The parallel suggests that 1:26 is talking about females who abandon natural intercourse with males and engage in sexual intercourse with other females. Contrary to earlier claims, Brooten has shown through her extensive survey of Greco-Roman and Jewish literature, as well as magical, astrological and medical texts, that the phenomenon