John J. Collins -- Yale Divinity School "Loader's ongoing inventory of passages relating to sexuality in ancient Jewish literature is enriched by sensitive exegetical discussion, making his work an exceptional resource for an emerging field of study." Harold Attridge -- Yale Divinity School "William Loader's ambitious project -- to study sexuality in the world of ancient Jews and early Christians -- is timely and potentially significant for contemporary debates about sexual morality. His rigorous historical approach provides an in-depth study of the primary sources, with attention to all of the concerns that they express about human sexual behavior and identity. This volume on Jewish Pseudepigrapha is a rich resource for anyone interested in the cultural sources of the positions on sexuality adopted by contemporary religious communities." George J. Brooke -- University of Manchester "This third volume of Bill Loader's work on sexuality in all the Jewish literary remnants from the Second Temple period is packed with astutely sorted information. With the Decalogue as the touchstone for the control of passion in a rich and varied sexual ethic, the reader is left wondering especially what Jewish women would really have thought about this wide variety of male opinion.

Highly stimulating -- intellectually, that is." Kelley Coblentz Bautch -- St. Edward's University "William Loader's study certainly advances our knowledge of sexuality in the Second Temple and Late Antique periods, and Loader should be congratulated for initiating and undertaking this examination." Bibliotheca Sacra "Loader seems to have left no stone unturned. The choice to follow the topic of sexuality throughout all this material was certainly a colossal undertaking, but it has paid off with an overview and deep analysis of the topic in ancient Jewish literature.".