Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--Columbia University, 2001.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-270) and index.
Introduction: Who's on top? : sex talk, power, and resistance -- Sexual slander and ancient invective -- Paul, the slaves of desire, the the saints of God -- Sexual vice and Christian Apologia -- The false teachers of the end time -- Illicit sex, wicked desire, and the demonized heretic.
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