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Soar and Her Sisters: The Bible, Homosexuality & Jesus Christ. By Arthur Frederick Ide. Minuteman Press, 1991. Paper. $15.00. (ISBN 0-926899-02-3)
This book by Arthur Frederick Ide is really a treatise on sex and sexually related topics in the Bible. At times it seems a bit gossip-ridden in nature, using apocryphal references and materials to their fullest; but its matter-of-fact style makes a rather complex textual analysis appear easy to the reader. It is a good positive affirmation of man as a sexual being and God’s will in all aspects of life.
Much of the eroticization of Jesus goes beyond Schonfield and Kazantazkis and will be considered blasphemous by fundamentalists and conservatives, but his conclusions about sex and its relationship to man and God are worth considering.
A good advanced reader for those who have already done previous studying and reading in theology and the Bible.
Reviewed by Charles Whitlow
AT&T Tax Libraries
Morristown, New Jersey
