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"Here again, two interpretive foundations are opposed, that of traditional Judaism which holds that the law of God as understood through the Talmudic literature is immutable, and ultimately higher than man's full comprehension (Ps. 40:5; 92:5), and those who hold that present Western values should influence man's moral interpretation of the Bible."<ref>Hasbany, Homosexuality and Religion, p. 50,51</ref> (cf. Dt. 12:8)  

"Here again, two interpretive foundations are opposed, that of traditional Judaism which holds that the law of God as understood through the Talmudic literature is immutable, and ultimately higher than man's full comprehension (Ps. 40:5; 92:5), and those who hold that present Western values should influence man's moral interpretation of the Bible."<ref>Hasbany, Homosexuality and Religion, p. 50,51</ref> (cf. Dt. 12:8)  

Boswell and most other polemicists promoting homoeroticism contend that the Hebrew word ''tōʻēḇā'', which is used to describe men laying with men as with women, usually translation ''abomination'', does not usually signify something intrinsically evil, like rape or theft,... but something which is ritually unclean for Jews, like like eating pork...”, or printing marks on one's flesh Helminiak for instance, claims that tōʻēḇā, means "dirty" or "impure" and that this therefore supports his position.<ref>Daniel Helminiak, What the Bible Really Says About Homosexuality, pp. 46 - 47 http://www.reformed.org/social/index.html?mainframe=http://www.reformed.org/social/hodges_response_helminiak.html<ref>  

Boswell and most other polemicists promoting homoeroticism contend that the Hebrew word ''tōʻēḇā'', which is used to describe men laying with men as with women, usually translation ''abomination'', does not usually signify something intrinsically evil, like rape or theft,... but something which is ritually unclean for Jews, like like eating pork...”, or printing marks on one's flesh Helminiak for instance, claims that tōʻēḇā, means "dirty" or "impure" and that this therefore supports his position.<ref>Daniel Helminiak, What the Bible Really Says About Homosexuality, pp. 46 - 47 http://www.reformed.org/social/index.html?mainframe=http://www.reformed.org/social/hodges_response_helminiak.html</ref>  

It is sometimes asserted that the the Hebrew word “zimmâh” would have been used if the prohibitions of Lv. 18:22; was not a mere form of” “ethnic contamination,” like laws against unclean foods, or strange haircuts, simply enacted because they were a distinctive practice of idolatry.

It is sometimes asserted that the the Hebrew word “zimmâh” would have been used if the prohibitions of Lv. 18:22; was not a mere form of” “ethnic contamination,” like laws against unclean foods, or strange haircuts, simply enacted because they were a distinctive practice of idolatry.