Editing Sodomy (section)

==== Josephus ====
The Jewish historian [[Josephus]] used the term “Sodomites” summarizing the Genesis narrative: “About this time the Sodomites grew proud, on account of their riches and great wealth; they became unjust towards men, and impious towards [[God]], in so much that they did not call to mind the advantages they received from him: they hated strangers, and abused themselves with Sodomitical practices” (''Antiquities'' 1.11.1 [http://www.earlyjewishwritings.com/text/josephus/ant1.html] — circa A.D. [[96]]). The final element of his assessment goes beyond the Biblical data, even in the New Testament.