Deconstruction

It has been a week since the United Methodist General Conference in Saint Louis. The main debate was on human sexuality, with delegates voting to determine whether or not to allow people on the LGBTQ spectrum to be ordained and serve as clergy in The UMC. The other debate was whether clergy can officiate at same-gender weddings in their local […]

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Lost in Translation: Alternative Meaning in Leviticus 18:22

Most traditional English translations interpret Leviticus 18:22 as a divine condemnation of erotic, same-sex relationships. However, careful philological, literary analysis of the original Hebrew shows another interpretation: a divine condemnation of same-sex rape. The original Hebrew is more ambiguous than the traditional English translation. Instead of practicing the principle of lectio difficilior probabilitor, “the more difficult reading and more likely […]

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QUEER ALTERNATIVE

The alternative, In Genesis 2:9 And out of the ground the Lord God made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. God the creator of creation gave man-kind a constant option […]

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The Aim of Queer Biblical Understanding

I am in my last semester at the Perkins School of Theology on the campus of Southern Methodist University. I found myself intrigue about Queer Bible Hermeneutics / OT 8317. Not knowing what to expect from the class, I made the decision to open my mind and seek the truth even if that truth means that there are queer in […]

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