The Defensive Testament (LGBT Self-defence summaries follow each chapter) -- The story of Sodom (Genesis 18, 19) -- Leviticus and the "abominations" (Leviticus 18, 20) -- The so-called "creation ordinances" (Genesis 1, 2) -- St. Paul and living "beyond nature" (Romans 1) -- St. Paul and pedersty (1 Corinthians 6) -- Being possessed (Mark 10) -- Textual abuse -- The Affirmative Testament (LGBT Self-affirmation summaries follow each chapter) -- Jesus and the Beloved Disciple -- Jesus' sexual orientation -- Jesus meets a gay couple -- The Hebrew God as a man's man -- David, Jonathan and Saul -- Joseph the transvestite -- Ruth and Naomi -- Born that way -- Jesus was no family man -- The pure LBGT heart -- The transgendering Christ -- Conclusion and final affirmation.;This book refutes the idea that the Bible is homophobic and makes visible the gay lives and validated homoerotic experience to be found in it.