Created in the image of God and sexuality in early-Jewish writings
Loading...
Date
Authors
Van Eck, Ernest
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
AOSIS Open Journals
Abstract
This article pays tribute to the contribution made by Yolanda Dreyer regarding critique on the
prevalence of patriarchy in society, as well as her defence of homosexuality as a normal sexual
orientation. Taking as point of departure her work on the woman as created in God’s image, it
is argued that understanding the metaphor ‘created in God’s image’ as referring to rule over
all, and not as created as man and woman, has important implications for the relationship
between man and woman, as well as the normalisation of relationships between the same sex.
Description
This research is part of the
project ‘Socio-cultural
Readings’, directed by Prof.
Dr Ernest van Eck,
Department of New
Testament Studies, Faculty of
Theology, University of
Pretoria.
Keywords
Patriarchy, Society, Homosexuality, God’s image’
Sustainable Development Goals
Citation
Van Eck, E., 2017, ‘Created in
the image of God and
sexuality in early-Jewish
writings’, HTS Teologiese
Studies/Theological Studies
73(4), a4636. https://DOI.
org/ 10.4102/hts.v73i4.4636.