Preston Sprinkle on First Century Greek and Roman Sexuality

Lately I've been doing a bit of research on the first century view of the nature of sexuality.  I'm particularly interested in this topic because of the recent debates in Christian circles concerning the biology of sexuality and our interpretation of the New Testament based on modern biological discoveries.  Today I came across a series of posts on this issue by Preston Sprinkle.  Click on these links to be directed to Sprinkle's posts: Part I, Part II, Part III.

I would add to Sprinkle's evidence the story told in Plato's Symposium explaining, mythologically, the natural tendencies of human sexuality. Click here to read that story in the Symposium (once you've navigated to the page, the text appears in short chunks.  In order to continue reading, you'll need to click the blue, right-facing arrow just above the English text.)

This is a concern that needs to be handled with careful love.  Please read these posts as parts of an ongoing conversation, and feel free to add to that conversation by commenting.