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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Bible.malmesbury.arp.jpg/32px-Bible.malmesbury.arp.jpg" decoding="async" width="32" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Bible.malmesbury.arp.jpg/48px-Bible.malmesbury.arp.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Bible.malmesbury.arp.jpg/64px-Bible.malmesbury.arp.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1993" data-file-height="1300" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Bible" title="Portal:Bible">Bible portal</a></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar 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href="/wiki/Template:Bible_sidebar" title="Template:Bible sidebar"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Bible_sidebar" title="Template talk:Bible sidebar"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Bible_sidebar" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Bible sidebar"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/Human_sexuality" title="Human sexuality">Sex</a> is considered repeatedly in the <a href="/wiki/Hebrew_Bible" title="Hebrew Bible">Hebrew Bible</a>. Some references provide unambiguous ethical regulations, such as the laws given in <a href="/wiki/Book_of_Leviticus" title="Book of Leviticus">Leviticus</a> or <a href="/wiki/Book_of_Deuteronomy" title="Book of Deuteronomy">Deuteronomy</a>. Others are more ambivalent, most famously the potentially <a href="/wiki/Homosexuality" title="Homosexuality">homosexual</a> actions of <a href="/wiki/Ham_(son_of_Noah)" title="Ham (son of Noah)">Ham</a> with his father, <a href="/wiki/Noah" title="Noah">Noah</a>. Its <a href="/wiki/The_Bible_and_homosexuality" title="The Bible and homosexuality">depictions of homosexuality</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rape_in_the_Hebrew_Bible" title="Rape in the Hebrew Bible">rape</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sacred_prostitution" title="Sacred prostitution">prostitution</a> and <a href="/wiki/Incest_in_the_Bible" title="Incest in the Bible">incest</a> have spurred considerable academic and theological attention. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Homosexuality">Homosexuality</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sex_in_the_Hebrew_Bible&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Homosexuality"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/The_Bible_and_homosexuality" title="The Bible and homosexuality">The Bible and homosexuality</a> and <a href="/wiki/Homosexuality_in_the_Hebrew_Bible" title="Homosexuality in the Hebrew Bible">Homosexuality in the Hebrew Bible</a></div><p> The <a href="/wiki/Hebrew_Bible" title="Hebrew Bible">Hebrew Bible</a> possibly refers to <a href="/wiki/Homosexuality" title="Homosexuality">homosexuality</a> three times,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> though the word itself does not occur in many <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> translations.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These passages are interpreted differently.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Leviticus_18" title="Leviticus 18">Leviticus 18</a>:22 says:</p><blockquote><p>"You shall not lie with a male as with a woman. It is an abomination."<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote><p><a href="/wiki/Leviticus_20" class="mw-redirect" title="Leviticus 20">Leviticus 20</a>:13 says: </p><blockquote><p>"If a man lies with a male as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon them."<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote><p><a href="/wiki/Ham_(son_of_Noah)" title="Ham (son of Noah)">Ham's</a> <a href="/wiki/Curse_of_Ham" title="Curse of Ham">actions</a> in <a href="/wiki/Book_of_Genesis" title="Book of Genesis">Genesis</a> 9:20-25 possibly refer to homosexual behavior with his father <a href="/wiki/Noah" title="Noah">Noah</a>, while the latter was passed <a href="/wiki/Drunkenness_of_Noah_(Bellini)" class="mw-redirect" title="Drunkenness of Noah (Bellini)">out drunk in his tent</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rape">Rape</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sex_in_the_Hebrew_Bible&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Rape"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Rape_in_the_Hebrew_Bible" title="Rape in the Hebrew Bible">Rape in the Hebrew Bible</a></div><p>Although the Hebrew Bible contains numerous references to rape, this was mostly unrecognized by commentators until the 20th century. It was not until the late 1970s, with the emergence of the <a href="/wiki/Anti-rape_movement" title="Anti-rape movement">anti-rape movement</a> due to <a href="/wiki/Second-wave_feminism" title="Second-wave feminism">second-wave feminism</a>, that feminist scholars reanalyzed Biblical scenarios in terms of sexual violence.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hebrew contains <a href="/wiki/Rape_in_the_Hebrew_Bible#Terminology" title="Rape in the Hebrew Bible">several verbs that can refer to rape</a>, making interpretation difficult.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lot_and_his_daughters_by_Altdorfer_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Portrait of Lot with his daughter, painted by Altdorfer." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Lot_and_his_daughters_by_Altdorfer_1.jpg/220px-Lot_and_his_daughters_by_Altdorfer_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/Lot_and_his_daughters_by_Altdorfer_1.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="280" data-file-height="280" /></a><figcaption>The Biblical character <a href="/wiki/Lot_(biblical_person)" title="Lot (biblical person)">Lot</a> slept with his own daughters.</figcaption></figure> <p>A commonly-cited example of Biblical rape is the <a href="/wiki/Levite%27s_concubine" title="Levite's concubine">Levite's concubine</a> found in <a href="/wiki/Book_of_Judges" title="Book of Judges">Judges</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Incest">Incest</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sex_in_the_Hebrew_Bible&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Incest"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lot's <a href="/wiki/Lot%27s_daughters" title="Lot's daughters">daughters</a> had sex with him after they got him drunk for the purpose of becoming pregnant.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Prostitution">Prostitution</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sex_in_the_Hebrew_Bible&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Prostitution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Sacred_prostitution#Hebrew_Bible" title="Sacred prostitution">Sacred prostitution § Hebrew Bible</a></div><p>Two different words for prostitute occur in the Hebrew Bible, <i>zonah</i> (זונה) and <i>kedeshah</i> (קדשה). This led to the belief that <i>kedeshah</i> were not ordinary prostitutes, but sacred harlots who worked in fertility temples.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tamar_(Genesis)" title="Tamar (Genesis)">Tamar (Genesis)</a> traded sex with <a href="/wiki/Judah_(biblical_person)" class="mw-redirect" title="Judah (biblical person)">her father-in-law Judah</a> for ownership of a goat. Her motive was fulfilling what she saw as her family duty, namely producing offspring for Judah.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samson" title="Samson">Samson</a> sees a prostitute, and visits her <sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>God tells the prophet <a href="/wiki/Hosea" title="Hosea">Hosea</a> to marry <a href="/wiki/Gomer_(wife_of_Hosea)" title="Gomer (wife of Hosea)">Gomer</a> ,a prostitute. <sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Deuteronomy" title="Book of Deuteronomy">Book of Deuteronomy</a> 23:17–18 prohibits <a href="/wiki/Prostitution" title="Prostitution">prostitution</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Adultery">Adultery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sex_in_the_Hebrew_Bible&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Adultery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Rape_in_the_Hebrew_Bible#Deuteronomy" title="Rape in the Hebrew Bible">Rape in the Hebrew Bible § Deuteronomy</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Exodus" title="Book of Exodus">Exodus</a> 20:14, as the seventh <a href="/wiki/Ten_Commandments" title="Ten Commandments">commandment</a>, prohibits <a href="/wiki/Adultery" title="Adultery">adultery</a>. <a href="/wiki/Books_of_Samuel" title="Books of Samuel">Second Samuel</a> 11:3-5 describes King <a href="/wiki/David" title="David">David</a>'s act of adultery with <a href="/wiki/Bathsheba" title="Bathsheba">Bathsheba</a>: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>"And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, 'Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of <a href="/wiki/David%27s_Mighty_Warriors#Complete_list" title="David's Mighty Warriors">Eliam</a>, the wife of <a href="/wiki/Uriah_the_Hittite" title="Uriah the Hittite">Uriah the Hittite</a>?' 4 And David sent messengers, and took her, and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she returned unto her house. 5 And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, 'I am with child."</p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Miscellaneous">Miscellaneous</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sex_in_the_Hebrew_Bible&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Miscellaneous"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The sin of <a href="/wiki/Onan" title="Onan">Onan</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Dancy,_92_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dancy,_92-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> often misinterpreted as <a href="/wiki/Masturbation" title="Masturbation">masturbation</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was <a href="/wiki/Coitus_interruptus" title="Coitus interruptus">coitus interruptus</a>. Onan was also violating the duty of <i><a href="/wiki/Yibbum" title="Yibbum">yibbum</a></i>. He was struck down by <a href="/wiki/God" title="God">God</a> because he "spilt his <a href="/wiki/Semen" title="Semen">seed</a> upon the ground" while he had a duty to impregnate his <a href="/wiki/Tamar_(Genesis)" title="Tamar (Genesis)">brother's wife</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Proverbs" title="Book of Proverbs">Proverbs</a> 5 claims that sexual sin causes scars and pain.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>It has been argued that <a href="/wiki/Refractory_period_(sex)" title="Refractory period (sex)"> multiorgasmic</a> encounters in Biblical episodes as understood in <a href="/wiki/Rabbinic_literature" title="Rabbinic literature">rabbinic literature</a> reflect the use of sex as a display of <a href="/wiki/Power_(social_and_political)" title="Power (social and political)"> power</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sex_in_the_Hebrew_Bible&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Religious_male_circumcision" class="mw-redirect" title="Religious male circumcision">Religious male circumcision</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sex_in_the_Hebrew_Bible&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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Springer Netherlands: 133–146. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1007%2FBF01532257">10.1007/BF01532257</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0022-4197">0022-4197</a>. <a href="/wiki/PMID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="PMID (identifier)">PMID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24306073">24306073</a>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:39066052">39066052</a>. <q>Social change in attitudes toward masturbation has occurred at the professional level only since 1960 and at the popular level since 1970. [133] ... onanism and masturbation erroneously became synonymous... [134] ... there is no legislation in the <i>Bible</i> pertaining to masturbation. [135]</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+Religion+and+Health&rft.atitle=Masturbation+from+Judaism+to+Victorianism&rft.volume=24&rft.issue=2&rft.pages=133-146&rft.date=1985-06&rft.issn=0022-4197&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A39066052%23id-name%3DS2CID&rft_id=info%3Apmid%2F24306073&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1007%2FBF01532257&rft.aulast=Patton&rft.aufirst=Michael+S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASex+in+the+Hebrew+Bible" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKweeDavid_C._Hoover2008" class="citation journal cs1">Kwee, Alex W.; David C. Hoover (2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.alexkwee.com/uploads/kwee_hoover08.pdf">"Theologically-Informed Education about Masturbation: A Male Sexual Health Perspective"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>Journal of Psychology and Theology</i>. <b>36</b> (4). La Mirada, CA, USA: Rosemead School of Psychology. Biola University: 258–269. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1177%2F009164710803600402">10.1177/009164710803600402</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0091-6471">0091-6471</a>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:142040707">142040707</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">12 November</span> 2011</span>. <q>The Bible presents no clear theological ethic on masturbation, leaving many young unmarried Christians with confusion and guilt around their sexuality.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+Psychology+and+Theology&rft.atitle=Theologically-Informed+Education+about+Masturbation%3A+A+Male+Sexual+Health+Perspective&rft.volume=36&rft.issue=4&rft.pages=258-269&rft.date=2008&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A142040707%23id-name%3DS2CID&rft.issn=0091-6471&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1177%2F009164710803600402&rft.aulast=Kwee&rft.aufirst=Alex+W.&rft.au=David+C.+Hoover&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alexkwee.com%2Fuploads%2Fkwee_hoover08.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASex+in+the+Hebrew+Bible" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bible.crosswalk.com/OnlineStudyBible/bible.cgi?word=Proverbs+5&section=0&version=kjv&new=1&oq=&NavBook=ps&NavGo=19&NavCurrentChapter=19">Proverbs 5 (King James Version)</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKlein2024" class="citation journal cs1">Klein, Reuven Chaim (January 1, 2024). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://hcommons.org/deposits/download/hc:65096/CONTENT/jbq_521_kleinmalevirility.pdf/">"Male Virility and Biblical Power Dynamics"</a>. <i>Jewish Bible Quarterly</i>. <b>51</b> (1): 3–19. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17613%2Frb9g-4m16">10.17613/rb9g-4m16</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Jewish+Bible+Quarterly&rft.atitle=Male+Virility+and+Biblical+Power+Dynamics&rft.volume=51&rft.issue=1&rft.pages=3-19&rft.date=2024-01-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17613%2Frb9g-4m16&rft.aulast=Klein&rft.aufirst=Reuven+Chaim&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fhcommons.org%2Fdeposits%2Fdownload%2Fhc%3A65096%2FCONTENT%2Fjbq_521_kleinmalevirility.pdf%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASex+in+the+Hebrew+Bible" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sex_in_the_Hebrew_Bible&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Akerly, Ben Edward, <i>The X-Rated Bible: An Irreverent Survey of Sex in the Scriptures</i> (American Atheist Press, 1985) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-910309-19-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-910309-19-1">0-910309-19-1</a></li> <li>Smith, Morton H., <i>Shorter Catechism of the Westminster Confession Standards</i>, (Escondido, CA: Ephesians Four Group) 1999.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sex_in_the_Hebrew_Bible&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMiller2011" class="citation news cs1">Miller, Lisa (2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.newsweek.com/2011/02/06/what-the-bible-really-says-about-sex.html">"What the Bible Really Says About Sex"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Newsweek" title="Newsweek">Newsweek</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Newsweek&rft.atitle=What+the+Bible+Really+Says+About+Sex&rft.date=2011&rft.aulast=Miller&rft.aufirst=Lisa&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsweek.com%2F2011%2F02%2F06%2Fwhat-the-bible-really-says-about-sex.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASex+in+the+Hebrew+Bible" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCoogan2010" class="citation book cs1">Coogan, Michael (2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/godsexwhatbi00coog"><i>God and Sex: What the Bible Really Says</i></a>. Twelve. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-446-54525-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-446-54525-9"><bdi>978-0-446-54525-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=God+and+Sex%3A+What+the+Bible+Really+Says&rft.pub=Twelve&rft.date=2010&rft.isbn=978-0-446-54525-9&rft.aulast=Coogan&rft.aufirst=Michael&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fgodsexwhatbi00coog&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASex+in+the+Hebrew+Bible" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKnust2011" class="citation book cs1">Knust, Jennifer Wright (2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/unprotectedtexts00jenn"><i>Unprotected Texts: The Bible's Surprising Contradictions About Sex and Desire</i></a>. HarperOne. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-06-172558-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-06-172558-6"><bdi>978-0-06-172558-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Unprotected+Texts%3A+The+Bible%27s+Surprising+Contradictions+About+Sex+and+Desire&rft.pub=HarperOne&rft.date=2011&rft.isbn=978-0-06-172558-6&rft.aulast=Knust&rft.aufirst=Jennifer+Wright&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Funprotectedtexts00jenn&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASex+in+the+Hebrew+Bible" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEcker1995" class="citation book cs1">Ecker, Ronald (1995). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/AndAdamKnewEveADictionaryOfSexInTheBible_546"><i>And Adam Knew Eve: A Dictionary of Sex in the Bible</i></a>. 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