This volume on Judaism and Islam in "The Library of Essays on Sexuality and
Religion" series overviews perceptions of human sexuality through two major
monotheistic faiths, namely Judaism and Islam. Part 1 presents previously
published articles on Judaism and sexuality from a historical perspective, in
particular, through the writings of the Tanakh and traditional Judaic attitudes.
Part 2 focuses more cogently on contemporary themes including both the
contestation and defence of conventional Jewish standpoints on sexuality via
orthodox and liberal renderings of the faith. Part 3 includes articles examining
Islamic views of sexuality from a historical perspective. Here there is a
special focus on the faith's construction of