Countryman, L. William <br/><br/>
Dirt, greed and sex :  sexual ethics in the New Testament and their implications for today / 
L. William Countryman. 
 - St. Alban's Place, London :  SCM Press,  c2001. 
 - xvii, 302 p.;  20 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Contents: I. Dirt What is Purity Israel's Basic Purity Law Purity in First-Century Judaism Purity and Christianity-- A First-Century Historian's Interpretation Purity in the Gospels Paul and Purity The New Testament and Sexual Purity 2. Greed Women and Children as Property in the ancient Mediterranean World Family and sexual property in the gospels Paul and sexual property The New Testament on Sexual property 3. Sex New Testament Sexual Ethics and Today's World 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0334028574 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Sex in the Bible<br/>Sexual ethics--History<br/>Sex customs--History
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BS2545.S36 C68 2001 2545  .S36  / C68 2001 BS