BIBLELORE

Recommended further reading on topics discussed (in addition to Bible references in the King James Version):

Julius A. Bewer, The Literature of the Old Testament (New York, Columbia University, 1922) on  Holiness Code (see pp. 183f ), Baal, Moloch (Molech), bosheth (shame) (see footnote 2, p. 121), Yahweh, Yahwist (J), Elohist (E), Deuteronomist (D), Priest Code (P), Pentateuch, Torah, Joshua, Josiah, Paul.

John Boswell, Christianity, Social Tolerance and Homosexuality (Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1980) on to'evah, zimah, abomination, sacred prostitution, Sodom, Paul.

John Boswell, The Kindness of Strangers (New York, Vintage Books, 1990) on Moloch. bosheth (shame) (see footnote 1, p. 140).

Thomas Cahill, The Gifts of the Jews (New York, Nan A. Talese, Doubleday, 1998) on fertility gods, Baal, Moloch, Deuteronomy, Yahweh, Sodom.

Daniel A. Helminiak, What the Bible Really Says About Homosexuality (San Francisco, Alamo Square Press, 1994) on Holiness Code, abomination, to'evah, zimah, sacred (temple) prostitution, Moloch, Sodom, sodomy, Paul.

Tom Horner, Jonathan Loved David (Philadelphia, The Westminster Press, 1978) on Holiness Code, abomination, to'ebah (to'evah), Asherah, "dogs," Ezra, Nehemiah, Paul.

Tom Horner, Sex in the Bible (Rutland, Charles E. Tuttle, 1974) on Holiness Code, cult (sacred) prostitution, "dog," Sodom, Sodomite, sodomy, Paul.

Karen A. Armstrong, A History of God (New York, Ballantine Press, 1993) on fertility gods, Asherah, Baal, Yahweh, J, E, D, P, Pentateuch, Torah, Enuma elish, Paul.

Max I. Dimont, Jews, God and History (New York, New American Library, 1962) on Asherah, Baal, Yahweh, Moloch, sacred prostitution, J, E, D, P, JE documents, Torah, Josiah, Ezra, Nehemiah, Paul.

John J. McNeill, S.J., The Church and the Homosexual (New York, Pocket Books, Simon & Schuster, 1978 ed.), (not indexed, but is annotated; see table of contents re discussion of Sodom and Gomorrah, Creation account in Genesis).

James Moffatt, The Bible, A New Translation, Introduction (New York, Harper and Brothers Publishers, 1935 ed.) on J, E, Deuteronomy, JE, P, Ezra, Nehemiah., Septuagint, Torah, Second Peter, Jude, Paul.

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