Ever since I came across the useful “The Queer Bible Commentary“, I have thought of attempting a series of posts which follows its model of dedicating a chapter (or section of a chapter) to every book of the bible. Thinking of it has not translated into doing it. Popham, who shares my admiration for the The Queer Bible Commentary, has done far more than I have, at “The Bible in Drag”. To avoid re-inventing the wheel, I list below all of his posts (as at April 11th, 2o12), arranged, like the Queer Bible Commentary, into the Biblical sequence, and supplemented by links to other reflections, at QTC and elsewhere.
OLD TESTAMENT / HEBREW BIBLE
GENESIS & the PENTATEUCH
- Adam, Eve, & Steve (Genesis 2:18-25) (The Bible in Drag)
- Queering Genesis: “Male and Female (And Others) He Created Them” (Queering the Church)
- Sick Religion (Genesis 22:9-13) (The Bible in Drag)
- Joseph and His Fabulous Queer Technicolour Dreamcoat (Queer Saints and Martyrs)
- Abraham and Isaac (Queering the Church)
- A Queer Shine to the Face of God (Exodus 34:29-35)… (The Bible in Drag)
- Sacred Distinctiveness (Leviticus 19:1-2) (The Bible in Drag)
- Boundary Crossers (Numbers 35:1-5) (The Bible in Drag)
- Dreams Delayed (Deuteronomy 34:1-7) (The Bible in Drag)
HISTORICAL BOOKS
- God and the Struggle for Self-Identity (Joshua 5:1) (The Bible in Drag)
- Sexual Minorities and Society’s Wellbeing (Judges 21:21, 23) (The Bible in Drag)
- Sexual Subterfuge (Ruth 3:6-8) (The Bible in Drag)
- Ruth and Naomi (Queering the Church)
- Erotic Authority (1 Samuel 20:17, 41-42; 2 Samuel … (The Bible in Drag)
- No Such Thing as a Good Queer? (2 Samuel 21:19) (The Bible in Drag)
- David the Prophet and Jonathan, His Lover (Queering the Church)
- Leather Cubs In Training (1 Kings 12:6-11) (The Bible in Drag)
- AIDS and the Struggle for Healing (2 Kings 5:1-3) (The Bible in Drag)
- Tribe (1 Chronicles 7:13) (The Bible in Drag)
- Fairies Welcomed (2 Chronicles 36:22-23) (The Bible in Drag)
- Acting Up (Nehemiah 1:2-4, 2:1-3) (The Bible in Drag)
- The Queer Lesson of Nehemiah: Rebuild God’s Church(Queer Saints and Martyrs)
- Rainbow Altars (Ezra 3:1-3a)
- Closets (Esther 4:13-14) (The Bible in Drag)
POETICAL BOOKS
- Mistake to be Queer? (Job 42:5) (The Bible in Drag)
- Erotic Pride Before God (Psalm 134) (The Bible in Drag)
- Slurs (Proverbs 12:18, James 3:1-12) (The Bible in Drag)
- Spanked by Joy (Ecclesiastes 11:7) (The Bible in Drag)
- Forbidden Eroticism (Song of Songs 1:5-6) (The Bible in Drag)
- Queering the Song of Songs (Queering the Church)
- “The Bible’s Gay Love Poem“ (The Wild Reed)
PROPHETICAL BOOKS
- Gay Bashing for God (Isaiah 53:4-5) (The Bible in Drag)
- Eunuchs and the Dry Tree Isaiah (56:3 -5) (Queering the Church)
- God’s Place in the Gay Rights Movemet (Jeremiah 15.. (The Bible in Drag)
- Screwed By God? (Lamentations 3:22-23) (The Bible in Drag)
- Amped (Ezekiel 37:1-6) (The Bible in Drag)
- The Idol of Heteronormativity (Daniel 3:16-18) (The Bible in Drag)
- Daniel the Prophet (Queer Saints and Martyrs)
- Three Young Men and the Burning Fiery Furnace (Queer Saints and Martyrs)
- Queering Communities of Faith (Hosea 11:8-9) (The Bible in Drag)
- Peacocking (Amos 7:10-12) (The Bible in Drag)
- Gender Fixation (Nahum 3:13) (The Bible in Drag)
- Vicious Time (Habakkuk 1:2) (The Bible in Drag)
- Healthy Religion (Micah 6:6-8) (The Bible in Drag)
- Coming Out as a Religious Obligation: Micah and Justice. (Queering the Church)
- A Queer Prophet (Haggi 2:20-23) (The Bible in Drag)
- Re-Functional Families (Malachi 4:5) (The Bible in Drag)
- Divinely Sanctioned to Hate? (Joel 3:1-2) (The Bible in Drag)
- When God Snaps (Obadiah vv. 1c-4) (The Bible in Drag)
- Protest (Jonah 4:9-11) (The Bible in Drag)
NEW TESTAMENT
GOSPELS
- Christ’s Queer Family (Queering the Church)
- Subversive Sexual Relationships: Joseph, Mary, and Joseph (Matthew 1) (The Bible in Drag)
- They seek – and they find – Wisdom Matthew 2; 1-12 (Gospel for Gays)
- Three Queers from the East (Matthew 2) (Queering the Church)
- Queer Eye for the Magi (Matthew 2) (Jesus in Love Blog)
- The Holy Centurion Matthew 8.5-13 (Gospel for Gays)
- The Gay Centurion, Matt 8: 5- 13 (Queering the Church)
- Jesus, the Centurion, and his Lover (Jack Clark Robinson, Gay & Lesbian Review)
- The Centurion, (MCC, St John’s )
- Jesus Affirmed a Gay Couple (Would Jesus Discriminate?)
- The Temple Veil Was Torn in Two (Matthew 57)
- The Leper Mark 1.40-45 (Gospel for Gays)
- Terrors of the night Mark 4, 35-41; (Gospel for Gays)
- Our Scandalous Messiah Mark 6, 1-6 (Gospel for Gays)
- Sheep Without a Shepherd Mark 6, 30-34; (Gospel for Gays)
- Jesus’ radical approach to defilement – and purity Mark 7, 1-8; 14-15; 21-23; (Gospel for Gays)
- Sexuality is not a cross Mark 8, 27-35 (Gospel for Gays)
- If your eye offends, pluck it out… Mark 9, 38-43; 45.47-48 (Gospel for Gays)
- Sexual union and the nature of God Mark 10, 2-16 (Gospel for Gays)
- A coming out story, in the Gospel Mark 10; 46-52 (Gospel for Gays)
- The church of ‘no’ needs our gifts Mark 12, 41-44 (Gospel for Gays)
- When history ends Mark 13: 24-32; (Gospel for Gays)
- Was Jesus Gay? Mark, and the “Naked Young Man” (Mark 14). (Queering the Church)
- Jesus Forsaken Mark 15.33-39 (Gospel for Gays)
- Jesus Died A Queer’s Death (Mark 15:33-39) (The Bible in Drag)
- Transformation, Evolution and the Kingdom of God Luke 1, 1-4; 4, 14-2 (Gospel for Gays)
- A Temple of Flesh, not Stone Luke 1, 39-45; reading for the Fourth Sunday of Advent, Year C (Gospel for Gays)
- A Gay Take on the Traditional Nativity Luke 2, 1-14; reading for Christmas vigil Year C (Gospel for Gays)
- And the Crooked Shall be Made Straight Luke 3, 1-6; reading for the second Sunday of Advent,Year C (Gospel for Gays)
- And There’s Nothing to Fear Luke 3, 10-18; reading for the Third Sunday of Advent, Year C (Gospel for Gays)
- The Experiental Jesus Luke 3, 15-16; and 21-22 (Gospel for Gays)
- A Virtual Community of Prayer Luke 4: 1-13, 1st Sunday in Lent (Gospel for Gays)
- Finding the Gay Jesus, Luke 4, 21-30 (Gospel for Gays)
- Gayness at its Best, That’s Peter (Luke 5: 1 - 11) (Gospel for Gays)
- Blessed Are You (Luke 6, 17: 20 - 26) (Gospel for Gays)
- A Very Gay Story (Luke 7: 36-50) (Gospel for Gays)
- Legion Luke 8.26-39 (also Matthew 8.28-34; Mark 5.1-20) (Gospel for Gays)
- Give Us Something to Eat! (Luke 9: 11-17) (Gospel for Gays)
- Who Is This Jesus? (Luke 9: 18 -24) (Gospel for Gays)
- Listen to Him! (Luke 9: 28- 36. 2nd Sunday in Lent) (Gospel for Gays)
- Hard Sayings (Luke 9: 51 - 62) (Gospel for Gays)
- Peace, Power and Community Luke 10, 1-12; 17-20 (Gospel for Gays)
- My Enemy Is My Neighbour Luke 10, 25-37 (Gospel for Gays)
- A Feminist Gospel Luke 10, 38 - 42 (Gospel for Gays)
- Good Gifts Luke 11.9-13; cf. Matthew 7.7-11 (Gospel for Gays)
- Does God Answer Prayer? Luke 11 (Gospel for Gays)
- Gay, Straight: It Makes No Difference to God (Luke 13: 1-0, 3rd Sunday in Lent) (Gospel for Gays)
- Queer Prodigal (Luke 15:11-13) (The Bible in Drag)
- The Tragedy of the Righteous Brother (Luke 15, 4th Sunday in Lent) (Gospel for Gays)
- Gays & Lesbians in Luke 17 (Bible Thumping Liberal)
- “Two Men in One Bed” (Luke 17:34) (Bible Thumping Liberal)
- “That Old, Old Problem: Two Men in One Bed (Bible Thumping Liberal)
- “Two Women Grinding Together” — O.T. Hebrew (Bible Thumping Liberal)
- “Two Women Grinding Together” – Sumerian, Latin, and Greek (Bible Thumping Liberal)
- “Two Lesbians without a Mill” (Bible Thumping Liberal)
- “Zeus and Ganymede” (Luke 17:24, 37) (Bible Thumping Liberal)
- Steven Bridge’s Monograph: Where the Eagles are Gathered (Bible Thumping Liberal)
- The Q Apocalypse and the Criteria for Acceptability (Bible Thumping Liberal)
- Why it Took 2,000 Years to Discern Luke 17′s Gay Theme (Bible Thumping Liberal)
- A People Alert to the Signs of the Times Luke 21, 25-28; 34-36; reading for the First Sunday of Advent, Year C
- Spirit of Conformity, Spirit of Evil (Luke 23: 39-43, Passion Sunday, Year C)
- The Empty Tomb (Luke 24: 1 - 12, Vigil Mass for Easter, Year C)
- A Broken Church, and the Return from Emmaus Luke 24 (Queering the Church)
- John, the Queer Evangelist (Queering the Church)
- Flesh (John 1:14a) (The Bible in Drag)
- How the Baptist’s Vocation Resembles Ours John 1: 29-34 (Gospel for Gays)
- Jesus’ Gay Wedding at Cana (John 2) (Queering the Church)
- A Gay Wedding at Cana (Gospel for Gays)
- Water into Wine: Rereading the Wedding Feast at Cana (John 2). (Queering the Church)
- This Gospel is difficult to swallow John 6, 52-58 (Gospel for Gays)
- She Stands Alone (John 8: 1-11, 5th Sunday of Lent)
- The Shepherd’s Encouraging Promise (John 10: 27 - 30) (Gospel for Gays)
- “Coming Out”: A Gospel Command. (John 11) (Queering the Church)
- The Raising of Lazarus and the Gay Experience of Coming Out (John 11) (The Wild Reed)
- This Reading Is Too Radical For Me (John 13: 31 - 35) (Gospel for Gays)
- Ambiguous kingdom, mysterious king John 18: 33 - 37 (Gospel for Gays)
- Not Us and Them, It’s Only Us (John 20: 19-31) (Gospel for Gays)
- Beyond Abundance John 21.3-14 (cf. Luke 5.4-11) (Gospel for Gays)
- A New Adventure Begins (John 21: 3- 24) (Gospel for Gays)
ACTS
- The Ethiopian Eunuch: The Early Church Welcomed Queers (Acts 8: 26-40) (Jesus in Love Blog)
- The Conversion of St Paul , Acts 9, Galatians 1 (Queering the Church)
- Not Shamed (Acts 28:30-31) (The Bible in Drag)
DOCTRINAL BOOKS
- Perverted Gospel (Romans 8:35, 38-39) (The Bible in Drag)
- Nonconforming Relationships (1 Corinthians 13:4-7)… (The Bible in Drag)
- The Body Spiritual (2 Corinthians 4:7-10) (The Bible in Drag)
- Hypocrisy (Galatians 2:11-14) (The Bible in Drag)
- Heed the Message of Christ: Queering Galatians (Queering the Church)
- Bitch Slapped by Prayer(Ephesians 1:15-17) (The Bible in Drag)
- Bashed: Queer Martyrdom (Philippians 1:12-14) (The Bible in Drag)
- Infinite Value (Colossians 2:20-23)
- Textual Harrassment (1 Timothy 6:1-2a) (The Bible in Drag)
- Providence as Protest (2 Timothy 4:19-20) (The Bible in Drag)
- A Sodomite Is Not a Criminal (Titus 3:1) (The Bible in Drag)
- Acceptance (Philemon 3) (The Bible in Drag)
- Harassment and Resistance (Hebrews 12:11-13) (The Bible in Drag)
- Purveyors of Perversion: Queer & Allied People of Faith ( 1 Thessalonians 2:2-4) (The Bible in Drag)
- Slurs (Proverbs 12:18, James 3:1-12) (The Bible in Drag)
- Dyking Sin (James 5:19-20) (The Bible in Drag)
- Sexually Offensive (2 Peter 3:14) (The Bible in Drag)
- bad Pride/good Pride (2 John vv. 5-6) (The Bible in Drag)
- Frustration (3 John 9-10) (The Bible in Drag)
- Strange Flesh (Jude vv. 6-8) (The Bible in Drag)
REVELATIONS
- A Drag Queen In Revelation (Revelation 22:17) (The Bible in Drag)
Related articles
- Queering the Bible
- “Practicing Safer Texts”: The Bible and Sexuality, Homosexuality
- “Blessed Are the Queer in Faith”: 60 Years Reassessing Scripture
- Queer Self- Ministry: Transforming the Churches
- Rembert S. Truluck’s “12 Steps to Recovery From Bible Abuse”.
- The Gospels’ Queer Values
- Ethiopian eunuch: Early church welcomed queers (jesusinlove.blogspot.com)
- “The Bible In Drag”: Introducing a Queer - centric Reading of Scripture (queeringthechurch.com)
- Time for the Church to Embrace Marriage Equality (shuckandjive.org)
- Jesus’ “Queer Death” - and the Modern Queer Resurrection (queeringthechurch.com)
- Why is the Church anti-gay, if the Bible isn’t? (wellthisiswhatithink.wordpress.com)
Recommended Books:
- Bohache, Goss, Guest et al: The Queer Bible Commentary
- Goss, Robert (ed): Take Back the Word: A Queer Reading of the Bible
- Sharpe, Keith: The Gay Gospels: Good News for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered People
Other affirmative ones are :
Jesus died for the Ungodly ( LGBT) Romans 5 v 6-8.
Jesus has redeemed us from the Curse of the Law - Galatians 3 v 13. ( the law previously abolished homosexuality and even giving a death penalty for those cause in it.)
Jesus is the end of the Law for Rightousness - Romans 10 v 4
Upshot of the Good news-yes homosexuality was once banned in the old testament , Jesus came to establish the New testament and so repealed the ban! yaaaaay Jesus !