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Idan Dershowitz

Revealing Nakedness and Concealing Homosexual Intercourse: Legal and Lexical Evolution in Leviticus 18

Section: Articles
Volume 6 (2017) / Issue 4, pp. 510-526 (17)
Published 09.11.2018
DOI 10.1628/219222717X15235367195677
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Summary
The list of forbidden unions in Leviticus 18 reflects comprehensive revision that obscures its original character. The motive for reworking this passage was to reverse the original text's implicit sanctioning of male same-sex intercourse. This conclusion finds support in additional biblical and ancient Near Eastern texts.