The Queer Bible Commentary

In method and mood, this book owes a great debt to feminist scholarship, a debt that is freely acknowledged. Alternate and diverse readings of texts abound. This is theology that is challenging, subversive and above all playful. It is unusual to find such a serious theological work which contains so much humour. [Full Review]

Indeed in general hermeneutics does not seem to be the strong suit. Thankfully, other contributors seem uneasy with a ‘whatever proves useful to us’ approach, and thus the LGBT community may feel well-served by much of this compendium, which manages to discern points of relevance not perhaps widely noticed by other interpreters. An opening essay by Ronald E. Long tackles head-on those relatively few texts which discuss homosexual behaviour, and rehearses familiar arguments for saying that Christians should not see these as proscribing contemporary homosexual relationships. [Full Review]