Includes bibliographical references (p. [659]-801) and indexes.

Sexuality in the beginning: Genesis 1-2 -- Sexuality and the fall: Genesis 3 -- Creation ordinance versus cultic sexuality -- Human heterosexuality versus homosexuality, transvestism, and bestiality -- Monogamy versus polygamy/concubinage -- Elevation versus denigration of women -- Wholeness versus fragmentation (prostitution, mixed marriages, masturbation, sexual blemishes, and impurities) -- Exclusivity versus adultery and premarital sex -- Intimacy versus incest -- Procreative sexuality versus problems/distortions (childlessness, children born out of wedlock, and abortion) --Sexuality in the song of songs: The Holy of Holies -- Sexuality in the Songs of Songs: The Flame of Yahweh.