Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Pt. 1: The man Jesus loved
  • The lover and his beloved
  • The identity and role of the man Jesus loved
  • reconsidering the Gospel of John
  • The hidden tradition
  • Theological significance
  • Pt. 2: The Jesus tradition
  • The Gospel of Mark
  • The centurion's "Lad"
  • Troubling gender
  • Pt. 3: Marriage and family values
  • The critique of the family
  • Marriage and wedding feasts
  • Sexuality and procreation
  • Marriage, family, and slavery
  • Was Jesus gay? Index of Biblical and ancient literature
  • Index of names.