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 ====== Sins of Sodom: Wealth and Nomos ======
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+==== Authored by Frank Redmond, 2006 ====
 I. This paper illustrates how the sins of Sodom have been interpreted by Rabbi Eliezer, on the one hand, and by Philo, on the other hand. But, first, I will outline what the sins of Sodom are in the Book of Genesis in order to give the original perspective. In the telling of Genesis, two major “sins” appear in the text – anal penetration and inhospitality, with the latter being more important than the former. In support, Genesis says, “Bring them out to us that we may have intimacies with them” (Gen. 19.5) and “But do not do anything to these men, for you know that they have come under the shelter of my roof” (Gen. 19.8). What is clear from these verses is that 1). the townsmen wanted to have anal relations with the two angels of God and that 2). the townsmen have breached the guest-host relationship by barraging in on a private gathering between Lot and the two angels. I say that that guest-host relationship’s violation is more substantial than the anal penetration because it is only after this breach has occurred that God’s wrath is unleashed upon the two cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. Prior to the violation, there is no indication that the cities will be completely destroyed. For even after the townsmen wanted to have anal relations with the angels, Genesis is silent regarding the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. Note that there is not a single thread which ties the two sins together. We are never told the reason why Sodom is such a sinful city. (This is something Rabbi Eliezer and Philo later focus attention on).
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