The other Torah, Talmudic and Midrashic references to homosexuality also elucidate the
overall Torah view towards homosexuality. Although not expressed explicitly in the Torah, the Rabbis (SOURCE #7) understood that, according to Rav, Potiphar bought the Hebrew Joseph specifically for homosexual purposes. This is significant, as it implies that homosexuality was prevalent in Egypt at that time. Thus, when the Torah later on commands (SOURCE #8) not to imitate the ways of the Egyptians (and Canaanites), this could also include the common practice of homosexuality that was found in these societies. One of the explanations of the cause of the Flood and God’s dissatisfaction with the world (SOURCE #9) is the widespread homosexual activity at that time. Each species “corrupted its way,” i.e. had improper sexual relationships. Man regularly engaged in bestiality (sexual relations with an animal) and homosexuality. It was for this reason that
God destroyed the world. When Noah got drunk and Cham, his grandson, entered his grandfather’s tent, according to one Talmudic opinion (SOURCE #10), Cham forced Noah to engage in a homosexual act. And this is why Cham was cursed as a result. In the society of Sodom, the Torah clearly says (SOURCE #11) that the townspeople demanded that the strangers be given to them for homosexual purposes (the verb “knowing” in the Torah is frequently associated with the sexual act -- see Genesis 4:1). This was apparently common practice in that society, and hence the origin of the term sodomy. This is one of the main reasons that the city was destroyed very soon thereafter.
All of these Torah examples have one thing in common: homosexual activity is common in these foreign societies and is abhorred by God, and all of these societies were eventually destroyed. Thus, once again, shows that Jews may not engage in such activity, and imitate the mores of these foreign societies.
Based on the sources above and the normative Halacha (to be discussed below), the Torah seems to view homosexuality as a societal or behavioral phenomenon, and not inborn. Therefore, the Torah commands Jews to stay way from the practices of those societies where homosexuality is common practice. All .foreign. aspects of those societies are .abhorred. by God and Judaism. In those societies where homosexual activity was common (i.e. Noah, Sodom, Egypt), God destroyed those societies. The Halacha in practice (long after the stories in the Torah) also reflects this view.
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