This is the first book to open up for general readers key questions about Jesus' experience of human sexuality and his attitude towards it in himself and others. It examines all the relevant sayings and actions of Jesus and others in the Gospels, and explores their first-century cultural context (Jewish, Greek and Roman) in order to better understand the historical Jesus as a fully rounded human being.

Andrew Angel

Front Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Preface

List of abbreviations

Introduction

1 Asking the question

2 Word become flesh

3 A Samaritan bride and her Jewish groom

4 Male intimacy

5 Peter, Mary and the woman caught in adultery

6 Intimate Jesus

Notes

Bibliography

This is the first book to open up for general readers key questions about Jesus’ experience of human sexuality and his attitude towards it in himself and others. It examines all the relevant sayings and actions of Jesus and others in the Gospels, and explores their first-century cultural context (Jewish, Greek and Roman) in order to better understand the historical Jesus as a fully rounded human being.

The first book to to offer a full, frank and academically responsible discussion of Jesus' experience of sexuality, as revealed in key texts (and subtexts) in the Gospels.

Andy Angel is a priest in the Church of England and the Vice Principal of St John's School of Mission, Nottingham, where he teaches New Testament. He is the author of Playing with Dragons: Living with suffering and God (Lutterworth Press, 2014), Angels: Ancient Whispers of Another World (Cascade, 2012) and Chaos and the Son of Man (T&amp;T Clark, 2006).

Thoughtfully exploring the human side of Jesus, this new book looks at the side of Christ that was human being, as well as God.

Intimate Jesus

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