| Summary: | Paul and Ancient Views of Sexual Desire refutes the argument put forward by some scholars that Paul, in his sexual ethics, is in partial agreement with a current of thought in the Greco-Roman world that condemns sexual desire and advocates the elimination of such desire from marital sex. Ellis argues against not only this line of thought but also the attendant notion that this way of thinking underlies€Paul's comments on homosexual activity in Romans 1.€. Through close analysis of numerous ancient passages relating to sexual desire, Ellis demonstrates that€ancient thinkers tend.
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