The erotic Word

Oxford University Press

2003

x, 212 p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-206) and indexes

9780195156522

Introduction: The Bible and eros -- I: THE EDEN GARDEN AND THE LAW: Before the Garden: made in God's bodily image -- The Eden Garden, part 1: created for erotic connection -- The Eden Garden, part 2: the tragic loss of connectedness -- The "Rules": Biblical sexual morality -- II: ISAIAH'S VINEGARD GARDEN AND THE PROPHETS: Marriage to God: Isaiah's vineyard and other images of divine-human sexuality -- Unromantic eros: divine-human gender terror, religious exclusivism, and love gone wrong -- III: THE GARDEN OF THE SONG OF SONGS AMIDST THE WRITINGS: Other gardens: women's worlds and ancient love poetry -- Come to the garden: a walk through the Song of Songs -- The erotic and the mystical: bringing sexuality and spirituality together in reading the Song of Songs -- IV: CONCLUDING REFLECTIONS: The word made flesh: echoes of the Old Testament gardens in the New Testament -- Epilogue: The erotic word

Review: "Historically, the Bible has been used to drive a wedge between the spirit and the body. In this book, David Carr argues that the Bible affirms erotic passion. Sexuality and spirituality, he contends, are intricately interwoven: the journey toward God and the life-long engagement with our own sexual embodiment are inseparable."--BOOK JACKET

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