How the Methodist Church of Southern Africa read Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13 in view of homosexuality

dc.contributor.authorMtshiselwa, Ndikho (Vincent Ndikhokele Ndzondelelo)
dc.date.accessioned2011-04-28T07:12:03Z
dc.date.available2011-04-28T07:12:03Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractIn recent times, the texts of Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13 have attracted the attention of Old Testament scholars, clergy and the laity, alike. In my view, such an attention has been inspired by the readers’ quest for a possible light that both biblical texts shed on the acceptance and practice of homosexuality among societies. Lately, homosexuality has been one of the topical and burning issues in the present day South Africa. Therefore it does not come as a surprise that interpreting texts such as Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13 becomes pertinent in our society. This research aims to explore the inability of MCSA to provide a sound rationale to reject homosexuality. In addition, this study endeavours to establish that acceptance and or rejection of homosexuality as a love relationship cannot be based on Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13. Using methodologies such as the literary, textual, canonical and socio–scientific criticism, Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13 will be examined, particularly in light of how MCSA read and interpret these texts. This argument is intended to make a necessary contribution to African biblical hermeneutics.en
dc.identifier.citationMtshiselwa, N 2010, 'How the methodist church of Southern Africa read Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13 in view of homosexuality', Old Testament Essays, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 769-787. [http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_oldtest.html]en
dc.identifier.issn1010-9919
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/16372
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherOld Testament Society of South Africaen_US
dc.rightsOld Testament Society of South Africaen_US
dc.subjectLeviticus 18:22 and 20:13en
dc.subject.lcshMethodist Church of Southern Africaen
dc.subject.lcshBible -- O.T. -- Leviticus XVIII, XX -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.en
dc.subject.lcshBible and homosexualityen
dc.subject.lcshHomosexuality in the Bibleen
dc.subject.lcshHomosexuality -- Biblical teachingen
dc.titleHow the Methodist Church of Southern Africa read Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13 in view of homosexualityen
dc.typeArticleen

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