Sacred Marriages, or the Divine-Human Sexual Metaphor: Introducing the Project Martti Nissinen and Risto Uro The Sumerian Sacred Marriage and Its Aftermath in Later Sources Pirjo Lapinkivi Sacred Marriage and the Transfer of Divine Knowledge: Alliances between the Gods and the King in Ancient Mesopotamia Beate Pongratz-Leisten Sacred Marriage and the Devotees of Istar Saana Teppo Sacred Marriage in the Ugaritic Texts? The Case of KTU/CAT 1.23 (Rituals and Myths of the Goodly Gods) Mark S. Smith Sacred Marriage in the New Kingdom of Ancient Egypt: Circumstantial Evidence for a Ritual Interpretation Mia Rikala Hieros Gamos in Ancient Greek Religion: The Human Aspect of a Sacralized Ritual Aphrodite A. Avagianou Song of Songs and Sacred Marriage Martti Nissinen Yahweh's Broken Marriages as Metaphoric Vehicle in the Hebrew Bible Prophets Peggy L. Day The Love Triangle of Lady Wisdom: Sacred Marriage in Jewish Wisdom Literature? Ruben Zimmermann The Sons of God and the Daughters of Men John J. Collins The Divine-Human Marriage Matrix and Constructions of Gender and "Bodies" in the Christian Bible David M. Carr and Colleen M. Conway Sacred Prostitution in the Biblical World? Kristel Nyberg Begotten by the Holy Spirit Heikki Räisänen From the Bridegroom's Time to the Wedding of the Lamb: Nuptial Imagery in the Canonical Gospels and the Book of Revelation Kari Syreeni The Bride of Christ (Ephesians 5:22-33): A Problematic Wedding Carolyn Osiek Sex and the Single Savior Dale B.
Martin Divine Desires: Fantasy and Renunciation in the Narrative of Mark's Gospel Petri Merenlahti Asceticism as a Sacred Marriage: An Essay on Eastern and Western Theories Richard Valantasis The Bridal Chamber and Other Mysteries: Ritual System and Ritual Transmission in the Valentinian Movement Risto Uro Sacred Marriage and Spiritual Knowledge: Relations between Carnality and Salvation in the Apocryphon of John Ingvild Sælid Gilhus Indexes Index of Subjects Index of Authors Index of Scripture Index of Ancient Sources Ancient Mesopotamian Sources Ugaritic Sources Egyptian Sources Classical Sources Early Jewish Sources Early Christian Sources Qurªan.