The lectionary Gospel reading for this Sunday (Mark 10:2–16) reports an encounter between Jesus and some Pharisees—the first such encounter in Judea, as earlier encounters had been in Galilee. I have already explored this story in the context of the cultural and religious context of the time, in late Second Temple Judaism. In the debate … Continue reading “Male and female he made them” … and more? (Pentecost 20B; Mark 10 and Gen 1)