Author: Nissinen, Martti

Price: $18.73

Category:Religious History
Publication Date:2004-04-20T00:00:01Z
Pages:216
Binding:Paperback
ISBN:10:0800636457
ISBN:13:9780800636456
The author surveys attitudes in the ancient Mediterranean world toward homoeroticism, that is, same-sex erotic relationships. Analyzing documents from Mesopotamia, Israel, Greece, Rome, rabbinic Judaism, and the earliest churches, he concisely introduces the relevant sources and their historical contexts in a readable way.