More Evidence Pertaining to "Their Females" in Romans 1:26.
According to the standard view, the "females" of Rom 1:26b have sexual intercourse with other females. According to an older interpretation, however, they engage in nonprocreative sex with men. In this article, I present hitherto unnoticed material in support of the latter interpretation. First, whe...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Biblical Literature Vol. 138; no. 1; pp. 221 - 241 |
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