Männlich, weiblich, queer? Gender-Trend in der Bibelauslegung | Magstrauss

#magstrauss #catholic #pride The claim is as bold as it is powerful: Genesis 1:27 ("male and female he created them") is a merism—a poetic figure that refers not only to two genders, but to an entire spectrum. Queer theologians and the Catholic Bible Society see this as biblical evidence for the diversity of gender identities. But does the Hebrew text really support this? In this video, I dissect the merism thesis scientifically: philologically, exegetically, and hermeneutically. I show why Katrin Brockmöller and Thomas Hieke's argument is methodologically not exegesis, but eisegesis: an imposition of modern gender categories onto an ancient text that thinks quite differently. Queer theologians and the Catholic Bible Society see this as biblical evidence for the diversity of gender identities. Links: https://www.herder.de/communio/theolo... https://www.bibelwerk.shop/fileadmin/... https://www.wort-und-antwort.de/inhal... 00:00 Introduction 04:22 Spectrum Argument 08:56 Exegesis vs. Eisegesis 11:39 Philological and Exegetical Critique 22:29 Why Eisegesis is being practiced here 28:04 Contextualization within the broader research 31:28 Summary Literature: Brockmöller, Katrin: “As Man and Woman” or “Male and Female”? (Genesis 1:27). In: Bible and Church 2/2026. Hieke, Thomas: Queer-Integrative Biblical Interpretation. In: Word and Response 2025. Schwienhorst-Schönberger, Ludger: Reading the Bible Queerly? In: Theology and Church, May 29, 2026. Westermann, Claus: Genesis 1–11 (BKAT I/1). Neukirchener Verlag 1974. Seebass, Horst: Genesis I. Primeval History. Neukirchener Verlag 1996. Schüle, Andreas: The Primeval History (Genesis 1–11). TVZ 2009. Janowski, Bernd: The Living Statue. Anthropology and Creation Theology in the Priestly Source. In: God – World – Humanity. Neukirchener Verlag 2015. Bauks, Michaela: Essays on Zachar/Neqevah in the Priestly source (Biblical Notes, various volumes). Siquans, Agnethe: “Male and female he created them” (Genesis 1:27) – On the reception of a biblical creation text. In: Protocols on the Bible 24 (2015). Utzschneider, Helmut / Nitsche, Stefan Ark: Workbook for Literary Biblical Interpretation. 4th ed. 2014. Becker, Uwe: Exegesis of the Old Testament. 4th ed. 2015. WiBiLex (The Online Scholarly Bible Lexicon): Articles on “Merkism” and “Sex/Gender”.