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Sodom
Sodom One of the cities of the plain (Gen. 19: 28) where
Abraham's nephew
Lot decided to live (Gen. 13: 8–13), near the
Dead Sea; it was said to be a place of great wickedness (Amos 4: 11; Matt. 10: 15), though there is no evidence that this wickedness was ‘sodomy’—an offensive description of homosexual acts. Possibly the lascivious men trying to gain entrance had homosexual intentions. But in fact the ‘men’ inside the houses were angels, so that we, the readers, are aware that homosexual acts could not have been committed! The story cannot therefore be teaching that the city was destroyed (Gen. 19: 24) as a warning that all homosexual acts are intrinsically evil.
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Book of Sodom.
Magazine article from: Labour/Le Travail; 9/22/1997; 700+ words
; ...modern city. Paul Hallam's The Book of Sodom shares the tendency of recent scholarship...modern metropolis but the ancient city of Sodom. Moreover, his study is not an investigation...and contemporary writings which touch on Sodom or more often on those acts which were...
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Sodom's Sin: Genesis 18-19 and Its Interpretations
Magazine article from: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly; 1/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...NOORT and eibert tigchelaar (eds.), Sodom's Sin: Genesis 18-19 and Its Interpretations...Christian authors interpret the story of Sodom and Gomorrah. Essays include the following...Negotiations with YHWH as Prologue to the Sodom Narrative: Genesis 18:16-33" (pp...
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Sodom A morality tale to take with a pinch of salt
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Herald; 4/23/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...Wilful murder [Genesis 4], the sin of Sodom [Genesis 18], oppression of the poor...their side. But what about the sin of Sodom? As a seven-year-old, I had little...Since then I have learned that the sin of Sodom had less to do with homosexuality than...
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TORAH; Differentiating ourselves from residents of Sodom and Gomorrah
Newspaper article from: Cleveland Jewish News; 11/18/2005; ; 560 words
; ...was wracked by violence. The cities of Sodom and Gomorrah were two of the wealthiest...Torah also tells us that the inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah were ruthless and inhumane...man was unfortunate enough to wander into Sodom. The residents of the city gave him gold...
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Taking it all with you is the true sin of Sodom
Newspaper article from: Inland Valley Daily Bulletin; 1/15/2005; 700+ words
; ...let's play Jeopardy: The answer is "SODOM'S SIN." Now what's the correct question...not to mention in church! The story of Sodom is found in the 19th chapter of the Book...the city because of its unrighteousness, SODOM'S SIN. Yet because the story includes...
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The Sodom tradition in Romans 1:18-32.
Magazine article from: Biblical Theology Bulletin; 3/22/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...underlying this passage of the letter is that of Sodom. Yet rather than configuring the discussion...emphasis on how the character and fate of Sodom were remembered, understood, and utilized...many elements of the collective memory of Sodom as to justify the view that it is the dominant...
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Sodom Laurel Album.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Southern Cultures; 6/22/2004; ; 700+ words
; Sodom Laurel Album By Rob Amberg University of...Documentary Studies, 2002 192 pp. Cloth $45.00 Sodom Laurel Album takes its name from an isolated...become multidimensional and fascinating. Sodom Laurel Album is part picture album, part...
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Sodom Road Name May Be Changed
News Wire article from: AP Online; 6/12/2002; 324 words
; ...to the Bible, fire and brimstone destroyed Sodom as punishment for the city's sinfulness. Now several residents of Sodom Road are hoping the street's name will go up in flames. We just think Sodom is such an ugly name for such a pretty place...
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The sins of sodom
Newspaper article from: Between the Lines; 4/3/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...with, "Haven't you ever heard of the Sodom and Gomorrah story?!" You see, I had actually read the Sodom and Gomorrah story the evening before...A quick summary: two angels come to Sodom and Gomorrah, and Abraham's nephew Lot...
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SODOM: THE MUSICAL
Magazine article from: The Village Voice; 11/16/2005; ; 505 words
; ...t save a show about the real sin city SODOM: THE MUSICAL Kraine Theater 85 East 4th...unsatisfying update of the biblical account of Sodom's demise, Randy Jones (the former Village...Broadway musical idiom, is uninspired. Sodom fails the karaoke test: You will never...
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Sodom und Gomorrha
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
SODOM UND GOMORRHA (Die Legende von Sü...Strafe ; The Queen of Sin and the Spectacle of Sodom and Gomorrah) Austria, 1922 Director...and Götz Lachmann, editors, Sodom und Gomorrha— Die Legende von...
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Sodom and Gomorrah
Book article from: Myths and Legends of the World
Sodom and Gomorrah According to the Old Testament of the Bible, Sodom and Gomorrah were two cities destroyed by God because...Genesis, the Hebrew patriarch Abraham begged God to spare Sodom and Gomorrah for the sake of the few good people living...
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Sodom
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Sodom a town in ancient Palestine, probably south of the Dead Sea...from the late Latin peccatum Sodomiticum ‘sin of Sodom’, since it is implied in Genesis 19:5 that the men of Sodom practised homosexual rape.
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Vampire Lesbians of Sodom
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre
Vampire Lesbians of Sodom (1985), a satire by Charles Busch . [ Provincetown Playhouse , 2...This campy spoof of vamps (and vampires), from the ancient days of Sodom to the Hollywood of the 1920s up to contemporary Las Vegas, featured...
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The Queen of Sin and the Spectacle of Sodom and Gomorrah
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
THE QUEEN OF SIN AND THE SPECTACLE OF SODOM AND GOMORRAH See SODOM UND GOMORRHA
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