The Oxford Handbook of New Testament, Gender, and Sexuality

Over several decades, scholarship in New Testament and early Christianity has drawn attention both to the ways in which ancient Mediterranean conceptions of embodiment, sexual difference, and desire were fundamentally different from modern ones and also to important lines of genealogical connection between the past and the present. The result is that the study of “gender” and “sexuality” in early Christianity has become an increasingly complex undertaking. This is a complexity produced not only by the intricacies of conflicting historical data, but also by historicizing approaches that query the very terms of analysis whereby we inquire into these questions in the first place. Yet at the same time, recent work on these topics has produced a rich and nuanced body of scholarly literature that has contributed substantially to our understanding of early Christian history and also proved relevant to ongoing theological and social debates. The Oxford Handbook of Gender and Sexuality in the New Testament provides a roadmap to this lively scholarly landscape, introducing both students and other scholars to the relevant problems, debates, and issues. Leading scholars in the field offer original contributions by way of synthesis, critical interrogation, and proposals for future questions, hypotheses, and research trajectories.The Oxford Handbook of New Testament, Gender, and Sexuality is written by Benjamin H. Dunning and published by Oxford University Press. ISBNs for The Oxford Handbook of New Testament, Gender, and Sexuality are 9780190944889, 0190944889 and the print ISBNs are 9780190213398, 0190213396. Additional ISBNs include 9780190213404.