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General Articles and Essays

• And Adam Knew Eve- A Dictionary of Sex in the Bible
• Introduction [to Flame of Yahweh] - by Richard M. Davidson, from Flame of Yahweh: Sexuality in the Old Testament (Hendrickson, 2007), pp. 1–12
• Sexual Hospitality in the Hebrew Bible? - by Thalia Gur-Klein, lectio dificilior 2003.2
• Sexuality in the Old Testament: Strong as Death, Unquenchable as Fire - by Esther M. Menn, Currents in Theology and Mission (February 2003)
• The Theology of Sexuality in the Beginning: Genesis 1–2 - by Richard M. Davidson, Andrews University Seminary Studies 26 (1988) 5–24
• The Theology of Sexuality in the Beginning: Genesis 3 - by Richard M. Davidson, Andrews University Seminary Studies 26 (1988) 121–131

Homosexuality

• Die Liebe von David und Jonatan als Frage der modernen Exegese - by M. Nissinen, Biblica 80 (1999); full text
• Hath God said ...? - by Todd Murken, Currents in Theology and Mission (June 2005)
• Scripture as a Norm of Moral Deliberation and Its Application to Homosexuality - by Bruce V. Malchow, Currents in Theology and Mission (December 2004)
• The Old Testament Attitude to Homosexuality - by Gordon J. Wenham, Expository Times 102 (1991) 359–363

Honor and Shame

• To Shame or Not to Shame: Sexuality in the Mediterranean Diaspora - by Susan A. Brayford, Semeia 87 (1999) 163–176

Rape

• Gender, Class, and Androcentric Compliance in the Rapes of Enslaved Women in the Hebrew Bible - by Susanne Scholz, lectio dificilior 2004.1

See also individual biblical texts

Book Reviews

• Balch, David L., ed., Homosexuality, Science, and the "Plain Sense" of Scripture (Eerdmans, 2000) - reviewed by J. David Hester, Review of Biblical Literature (2002)
• Jennings, Theodore W., Jacob's Wound: Homoerotic Narrative in the Literature of Ancient Israel (Continuum, 2005) - reviewed by Athalya Brenner, Review of Biblical Literature (2006)
• Nissinen, Marti, Homoeroticism in the Biblical World - reviewed by Robert L. Brawley, Review of Biblical Literature