Homosexuality in the Hebrew Bible Homosexuality in the Hebrew Bible Some relationships in the Hebrew Bible have been described as homosexual, though not all without some dispute, and makes references to certain male homosexual acts. The harshest condemnation of male homosexuality - specifically, of anal-penetrative sexual behavior - is found in Leviticus, where it is described as an "abomination". Genesis chapters 18 and 19 are concerned with the immorality of the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah and the judgement that must be imposed. The New International Version (NIV) of reads: In Genesis 19:5 the Hebrew word "yada" is translated "relations" in the New American Standard
The 120 Days of Sodom "Psychopathia Sexualis". Feminist writer Simone de Beauvoir wrote an essay titled "Must We Burn Sade?", protesting the destruction of "The 120 Days of Sodom" because of the light it sheds on humanity's darkest side when, in 1955, French authorities planned on destroying it and three other major works by Sade. Camille Paglia considers Sade's work a "satirical response to Jean-Jacques Rousseau" in particular, and the Enlightenment concept of man's innate goodness in general. Gilles Deleuze considers "The 120 Days" along with the rest of Sade's corpus in conjunction with Leopold von Sacher-Masoch: "The work of Sade and Masoch cannot be