This volume collects both classic and cutting-edge readings related to gender, sex, sexuality, and the Bible. Engaging the Hebrew Bible, New Testament, and surrounding texts and worlds, Rhiannon Graybill and Lynn R. Huber have amassed a selection of essays that reflects a wide range of perspectives and approaches towards gender and sexuality. Presented in three distinct parts, the collection begins with an examination of gender in and around biblical contexts, before moving to discussing sex and sexualities, and finally critiques of gender and sexuality. Each reading is introduced by the editors in order to situate it in its broader scholarly context, and each section culminates in an annotated list of further readings to point researchers towards other engagements with these key themes.

Table of Contents:PrefaceAcknowledgementsAbbreviationsPart I: Gender/s in and around Biblical Contexts1. "Reading the Silence of Women in Genesis 34" - Julie Kelso, Bond University, Australia2. "Every Green Tree and the Streets of Jerusalem: Counter Constructions of Gendered Sacred Space" - Steed Vernyl Davidson, McCormick Theological Seminary, USA3. "Gender and Archaeology in Israelite Religion" - Beth Alpert Nakhai, University of Arizona, USA4. "Masculinity and Disability in the Bible" - Thomas Hentrich, Independent Scholar5. "Contextualizing Masculinity in Acts: Peter and Paul as Test Cases" - Brittany E. Wilson, Duke University, USA6. "Discharging Responsibilities: Matthean Jesus, Biblical Law, and Hemorrhaging Woman" - Amy-Jill Levine, Vanderbilt University, USA7. Shelly Matthews, "A feminist Analysis of the Veiling Passage (1 Corinthians 11:2-16): Who really cares that Paul was not a Gender Egalitarian after all?" - Shelly Matthews, Brite Divinity School, USA8. "Virginity as Purity in the Protoevangelium of James" - Mary Foskett, Wake Forest University, USAPart II: Sex and Sexualities in and around Biblical Contexts9. "Food, Sex, and the Garden of Eden: Or, What is the Bible About?" - Ken Stone, Chicago Theological Seminary, USa10. "'That's Why They Didn't Call the Book Hadassah!': The Interse (Ct)/(x) Ionality of Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Sexuality in the Book of Esther" - Randall C. Bailey, Interdenominational Theological Center, USA11. "Ten Things Every Feminist Should Know about the Song of Songs" - J. Cheryl Exum, University of Sheffield12. "Un-Straightening Boaz in Ruth Scholarship" - Brett Krutzsch, Haverford College, USA13. "Sexy Stoics and the Rereading of Romans 1.18-2.16" - Diana Swancutt, The Poverty Consortium14. Marchal, Joseph A. "The Usefulness of an Onesimus: The Sexual Use of Slaves and Paul's Letter to Philemon" - Joseph A. Marchal, Ball State University, USA15. "Cruising as Methodology: Homoeroticism and the Scriptures" - Timothy R. Koch, Independent ScholarPart III: Critiquing Gender and Sexuality16. "Disney's Pocahontas and Joshua's Rahab in Postcolonial Perspective" - Lori Rowlett, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, USA17. "Violent Superwomen: Super Heroes or Super Villains? Judith, Wonder Woman and Lynndie England" - Emma England, Independent Scholar18. "The Skin of Miriam Became as White as Snow: The Bible, Western Feminism and Colour Politics" - Mukti Barton, The Queen's Foundation for Ecumenical Theological Education, UK19. "Gospel Hauntings: The Postcolonial Demons of New Testament Criticism" - Laura E. Donaldson, Cornell University, USA20. "Outrageous, Audacious, Courageous, Willful: Reading the Enslaved Girl of Acts 11:2" - Margaret Aymer, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, USA21. "Gazing at the Whore: Reading Revelation Queerly" - Lynn R. Huber, Elon University, USA22. "No Child Left Behind: Reading Jephthah's Daughter with The Babylon Complex" - Rhiannon Graybill, Rhodes College, USAAnnotated BibliographyIndex