Hilary Lipka is an instructor in the Religious Studies Department at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.Bruce Wells is Associate Professor in the Middle Eastern Studies Department at the University of Texas at Austin in Austin, Texas, USA.

• PrefaceAbbreviationsList of ContributorsIntroduction Hilary Lipka and Bruce WellsChapter 1. Categories of Sexuality Indigenous to Biblical Legal Materials David Tabb StewartChapter 2. The Daughter Sold into Slavery and Marriage Pamela BarmashChapter 3. Rachel’s Betrothal Contract and the Origins of Contract Law F. Rachel MagdaleneChapter 4. Judah, Tamar, and the Law of Levirate Marriage Eryl W. DaviesChapter 5. On the Beds of a Woman: The Leviticus Texts on Same-Sex Relations Reconsidered Bruce WellsChapter 6. The Offense, Its Consequences, and the Meaning of ??? in Leviticus 19:29 Hilary LipkaChapter 7. Priestly Marriage Restrictions Sarah ShectmanChapter 8. The Inheritance Injunction of Numbers 36: Zelophehad’s Daughters and the Intersection of Land Inheritance and Sex Regulation M. L. CaseChapter 9. Reproducing Torah: Human and Divine Sexuality in the Book of Deuteronomy Steffan MathiasChapter 10. Divorce in Archaic Crete: Comparative Perspectives on Deuteronomy 24:1-4 Anselm C. HagedornChapter 11. Divorce Instruction and Covenantal Unfaithfulness: A New Examination of the Reuse of Deuteronomy 24:1–4 as Metaphor in Jeremiah 3:1–10 Kenneth BerglandChapter 12. Sexual Relations and the Transition from Holy People to Human Sanctuary in Second Temple Times Hannah HarringtonIndex of Ancient Sources Index of SubjectsIndex of Authors

This is a useful collection with some moments of real insight into the topics considered, and will certainly be of interest to anyone working in the area of biblical law and sexuality.