(RNS) — When one digs just beneath the surface of the Bible and engages its stories in their ancient culture and context, it becomes very clear the Bible is very queer.
depending on your definition of queer, but I tend to agree
The Bible doesn’t have the gender concepts contemporary Christian conservatives have, and in some sense that makes it outsider and queer - but that doesn’t mean the Bible’s gender and sexuality concepts are the same as contemporary queer identities.
Well, yeah, I know about that, it’s really true, and not only in the Bible, but I don’t think that’s enough to say that the Bible is a queer text.
depending on your definition of queer, but I tend to agree
The Bible doesn’t have the gender concepts contemporary Christian conservatives have, and in some sense that makes it outsider and queer - but that doesn’t mean the Bible’s gender and sexuality concepts are the same as contemporary queer identities.