Sodom's Sin: Genesis 18-19 and its Interpretations (Themes in Biblical Narrative)

Sodom\'s Sin: Genesis 18-19 and its Interpretations......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
Ed Noort & Eibert Tigchelaar: Preface......Page 8
Abbreviations......Page 14
Contributors......Page 18
Part I: INTERTEXTUALITIES......Page 20
1. Introduction......Page 22
2. Place and Function of Gen 18:16-33......Page 23
3. Different Models......Page 25
4. Conclusion......Page 32
1. Introduction......Page 36
2. Some Methodological Considerations......Page 38
3. Sodom and Gomorrah and the Outrage at Gibeah......Page 40
4. The Outrage at Gibeah and the Rescue of Jabesh-Gilead......Page 42
5. Where Does the Good King Come From?......Page 44
6. Conclusions......Page 45
Part II: READINGS......Page 46
2. Structure of Jub. 16:1-9......Page 48
3. A Comparison of Genesis 18:1-15 and Jubilees 16:1-4......Page 50
4. A Comparison of Genesis 18:16-19:38 and Jubilees 16:5-9......Page 54
5. Genesis 18:16-19:28 and Jubilees 16:5-6......Page 55
6. Genesis 19:29-38 and Jubilees 16:7-9......Page 58
7. Lot elsewhere in Jubilees......Page 61
8. Conclusions......Page 65
1. Introduction......Page 66
3. Genesis 13 and Sodom and Gomorrah in the Genesis Apocryphon......Page 67
4. 4Q172 fragment 4......Page 69
5.1. The Wording of Genesis 18:20-21 in 4Q180 2-4 + 8 ii 5-7......Page 71
5.2. Why Was Genesis 18:20-21 Quoted in 4Q180?......Page 73
6. 4Q252 (4QCommentary on Genesis)......Page 76
7. 4Q177 IV 10 and a Qumran Reading of 4Q252 III 2-6......Page 79
1. Introduction......Page 82
a. The Portrayal in Revelation 11......Page 83
b. Lactantius\' Divine Institutes 7.17.1-8 and its Source......Page 86
c. Elijah and Moses as Prophetic Figures......Page 88
3. The City Spiritually Called Sodom and Egypt......Page 92
a. \"Spiritually\"......Page 93
b. \"Sodom\" and \"Egypt\"......Page 94
c. Sodom en Egypt as labels for Jerusalem......Page 98
4. Jerusalem as the Stage for the Christ-Movement......Page 99
1. Who destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah ?......Page 102
2. What were the sins of Sodom......Page 108
3. Who was Pelitit?......Page 112
1. Introduction......Page 116
2. Lûṭ in the Koran......Page 118
3. The Story of Lûṭ in the Early Koran Commentaries......Page 122
Conclusions......Page 131
Part 3: THEMES......Page 134
1. Ecclesiasticus 39:22-24......Page 136
2. Julius Africanus apud Syncellus Ecloga Chronographica 187-189......Page 140
3. Martyrdom of Pionius 4.18-21......Page 143
a. Biblical elements......Page 144
b. Secular Greek elements......Page 145
c. Original features......Page 146
4. Conclusion......Page 148
Introduction......Page 150
1. Underworld and chthonic powers......Page 152
2. Magic......Page 153
3. Purifications......Page 154
4. Going Abroad......Page 156
6. Preliminary conclusion......Page 157
7. Orpheus and Eurydice; Lot\'s wife......Page 159
Part 4: SEXUALITES......Page 166
1. Introduction......Page 168
2. Biblical Scholars, Scriptural Authority and Sexuality......Page 170
3. Bailey\'s Desexualization of Sodom......Page 173
4. Bouwman\'s Heterosexualization of the Sodom Story......Page 176
5. Peter, beloved brother of Damian......Page 181
6. Conclusions and further questions......Page 186
1. La race des tantes......Page 192
2. Inversion and botanies......Page 200
3. Sexual inversion and the human temperament......Page 204
1. Exegesis......Page 208
2. Reception......Page 210
3. Archaeology......Page 212
References to Ancient Texts......Page 214