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  • From: MillerJimE AT aol.com
  • To: corpus-paul AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
  • Subject: Re: Musings on Pauline Studies
  • Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 01:13:41 EDT


<< . . . I find Paul likeable as an historical figure, because
he's so great and flawed at the same time. He was an
aggressive homophobe in a world that was considerably
more tolerant of homosexuality than many places in
today's West; . . .
Loren Rosson III >>

Point of detail -- the culture of the Roman Empire was very homophobic.
They definitely despised sexuality between adult males (or between females of
any age). What they tolerated and approved was pederasty, sex between an
adult male and an adolescent boy, usually a slave owner or a brothel patron
using a slave boy. In "today's West", even where homosexuality is widely
accepted pederasty remains despised.
Jim Miller




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