Concordia Theological Monthly
Article Title
Publication Date
4-1-1970
Document Type
Article
Keywords
sexual view, polarity, biblical, israel, intercourse, female, male, fertility, brevard
Submission Type
Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep
Abstract
The Bible contains a vast amount of information on the topic of sexuality. We can come to grips with its significant features by concentrating on the two great "breakthroughs” which have resulted in the distinctly Biblical views that believers have expressed about the sexual polarity of male and female. Such an approach calls for consideration, first, of that decisive turning point in Old Testament times when Yahwism "demythed" the sexual realm and set up what one might call a creaturely or a creation view of the polarity of male and female. Second, we must consider the breakthrough which occurred at the dawn of New Testament times, when the polarity of male and female was viewed from a specifically Christian perspective.
Disciplines
Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion
Scripture References in this Resource (separated by semi-colons)
Genesis 6:1-4; Genesis 1:27-28; Genesis 2:18-24;
Submission Cost
Free
Submission Audience
Laity; Ministers; Scholars
Recommended Citation
Gehrke, Ralph
(1970)
"The Biblical View of the Sexual Polarity,"
Concordia Theological Monthly: Vol. 41, Article 20.
Available at:
https://scholar.csl.edu/ctm/vol41/iss1/20
