Paul Employing Leviticus: Same-Sex Intercourse Considered Amongst Torah Commandments

It is sometimes argued that because the New Testament writers set aside circumcision, food laws, Sabbath, biblical purity laws, and welcomed Gentiles, anything in the Old Testament ought to be set aside if unsuitable for the ekklesia.[1] Recently, this argument has been raised with regard to the prohibition of same-sex intercourse in Leviticus.  A seminary professor writes: We distinguish between a strictly religious taboo and an ethical principle, and we associate the divine imperative with the ethical. …  The ethical and humane take precedence over tribal religious tradition, which in