Authorizing marriage? : canon, tradition, and critique in the blessing of same-sex unions / edited by Mark D. Jordan ; with Meghan T. Sweeney and David M. Mellott.

Introduction / Mark D. Jordan -- "Surpassing the love of women": another look at 2 Samuel 1:26 and the relationship of David and Jonathan / Saul M. Olyan -- Familiar idolatry and the Christian case against marriage / Dale B. Martin -- Marriage and friendship in the Christian New Testament: ancient resources for contemporary same-sex unions / Mary Ann Tolbert -- Why is Rabbi Yoḥanan a woman? or, a queer marriage gone bad: "platonic love" in the Talmud / Daniel Boyarin -- Can I really count on you? / Laurence Paul Hemming -- Contemplating a Jewish ritual of same-sex union: an inquiry into the meanings of marriage / Steven Greenberg -- Arguing liturgical genealogies, or, the ghosts of weddings past / Mark D. Jordan -- Hooker and the new Puritans / Kathryn Tanner -- Ad imaginem Dei: is there a moral here? / Susan Frank Parsons -- Trinity, marriage, and homosexuality / Eugene F. Rogers Jr.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-195) and index.

The opponents of legal recognition for same-sex marriage frequently appeal to a "Judeo-Christian" tradition. But does it make any sense to speak of that tradition as a single teaching on marriage? Are there elements in Jewish and Christian traditions that actually authorize religious and civil recognition of same-sex couples? And are contemporary heterosexual marriages well supported by those traditions? As evidenced by the ten provocative essays assembled and edited by Mark D. Jordan, the answers are not as simple as many would believe. The scholars of Judaism and Christianity gathered here e.

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