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Zusatztext “Rich. . . . Gaca’s detailed analysis of the several traditions, and her incorporation of the Septuagint, NT, and Philo in the argument, mark a significant advance over Foucault’s analysis in The History of Sexuality . Indispensable to future research on the subject and should be in every university library.” Informationen zum Autor Kathy L. Gaca is Associate Professor of Classical Studies at Vanderbilt University. Klappentext "This is an extensive study of the theorizing about sexual norms and proprieties of certain major Greek philosophical traditions on the one hand (Platonism! Stoicism! Pythagoreanism)! and various key figures of the Judeo-Christian tradition on the other (Philo of Alexandria! Paul! Tatian! Clement! Epiphanes)! in order to demonstrate what the author terms their 'discontinuity.'? [Gaca] examines the history of these concepts in the Hellenic and the Judeo-Christian traditions more clearly and comprehensively than I have seen it done elsewhere. The book is of considerable importance in understanding the roots of the early Christian attitude to sexuality--something that still has repercussions today."-John Dillon! Trinity College Dublin "This book is a gold mine of information for anyone interested in the dynamics of sexual morality in Western culture. General readers! students! and scholars will find surprising data about sexual views! theories! practices! and politics in ancient Greek and Roman society! Hellenistic Judaism and philosophy! and early and patristic Christianity. Gaca's dynamic prose is exciting to read. Her detailed footnotes are a virtual encyclopedia of sexual morality in Western culture."-Vernon K. Robbins! Winship Distinguished Research Professor of Religion! Emory University Zusammenfassung This work provides a reassessment of the emergence and nature of Christian sexual morality, the dominant moral paradigm in Western society since late antiquity. It shows that early Christian goals to eradicate fornication were derived from the the sexual rules and poetic norms of the Greek bible. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Abbreviations 1. Introduction: Ancient Greek Sexual Blueprints for Social Order Part I. Greek Philosophical Sexual Reforms 2. Desire's Hunger and Plato the Regulator 3. Crafting Eros through the Stoic Logos of Nature 4. The Reproductive Technology of the Pythagoreans Part II. Greek Biblical Sexual Rules and Their Reworking by Paul and Philo 5. Rival Plans for God's Sexual Program in the Pentateuch and Paul 6. From the Prophets to Paul: Converting Whore Culture into the Lord's Veiled Bride 7. Philo's Reproductive City of God Part III. Patristic Transformations of the Philosophical! Pauline! and Philonic Rules 8. Driving Aphrodite from the World: Tatian and His Encratite Argument 9. Prophylactic Grace in Clement's Emergent Church Sexual Ethic 10. The Fornicating Justice of Epiphanes 11. Conclusion: The Demise of Greek Eros and Reproduction Bibliography Index ...
