The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language, Numbered Edition
by Eugene Peterson

Written in the rhythms and idiom of contemporary language-the way you'd talk with friends, write a letter, or discuss politics The Message Personal Size brings out the expressive, earthy flavor of the original biblical text. Which means that, whether you've been reading the Bible for years or are exploring it for the first time, The Message will startle and surprise you.

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The Good Book: Reading the Bible with Mind and Heart
by Peter J. Gomes

Biblical studies have historically been consigned to theological schools and church groups. In The Good Book, Peter Gomes, pastor of Harvard University's Memorial Church and a professor of theology, has written a vivid, common sense and wise analysis of what the Bible means for us today. As an African American gay man, Gomes is interested in re-viewing the biblical passages on sexuality and race, but The Good Book is much more than a revisionist look at controversial biblical passages. Gomes is interested in rediscovering how the Bible can find a place in our emotional and political lives, as well as in our religious beliefs.  From Amazon.com.

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Study New Testament for Lesbians, Gays, Bi, and Transgender: With Extensive Notes on Greek Word Meaning and Context
by Dr A. Nyland

The World's first Study Bible for the Gay and Lesbian community

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Reading the Bible Again For the First Time: Taking the Bible Seriously But Not Literally
by Marcus J. Borg

Reading the Bible Again for the First Time is Marcus Borg's follow-up to Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time. Like his earlier book, this one is written for lay people whose faith has been frustrated by their misapprehension that fundamentalism's claim to be the one true faith is valid. Borg, a professor of religion at Oregon State University, describes an alternative to fundamentalists' so-called "literal" readings of scripture. (He believes that such "literal-factual" readings do not live up to that description, and that the limitations of such readings have alienated many people who would otherwise remain part of the church.)

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The Children Are Free: Reexamining the Biblical Evidence on Same-sex Relationships
by Rev. Jeff Miner and John Tyler Connoley

In The Children Are Free, Rev. Jeff Miner and John Tyler Connoley offer a comprehensive yet easy-to-read examination of the biblical evidence regarding loving same-sex relationships and God's attitude toward them.  Jeff Miner is the pastor of Jesus Metropolitan Community Church in Indianapolis, Indiana.

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What the Bible Really Says About Homosexuality
by Daniel A. Helminiak

This book is a thorough examination of all of the Biblical passages that are commonly used to condemn gay people and gay behavior. The methods of Biblical interpretation, and their validity, are explained well, and the reasoning is solid.

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The Great Poems of the Bible: A Reader's Companion with New Translations
by James Kugel

Kugel's book provides wonderful insight into some of the subtleties that lie behind these 'poems' of the Bible so often lost in translation and literalized in this overly scientific day and age of ours.

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For The Bible Tells Me So
Starring: Gene Robinson, Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Winner of the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the Seattle Interntional Film Festival, Dan Karslake's provocative, entertaining documentary brilliantly reconciles homosexuality and Biblical scripture, and in the process reveals that Church-sanctioned anti-gay bias is based solely upon a significant (and often malicious) misinterpretation of the Bible.
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A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO READING THE BIBLE
by Craig , R. Koester

Many of us would like to know more about the Bible, but don't know where to begin. A Beginner's Guide to Reading the Bible is a concise introduction that assumes no previous acquaintance with Scripture.

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TAKE BACK THE WORD - A QUEER READING OF THE BIBLE
by Robert E. Goss, Mona West

Perhaps the most revolutionary contribution of this volume is in its presentation of new and resistant practices of reading the Bible that challenge some of the prevailing "authorized" patterns of reading that allow the Bible to "clobber" oppressed people...If lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender, and seeking people are to take back this word for themselves, they must take it back in a new way.  From Amazon.com.

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The Queer Bible Commentary
by Deryn Guest, Robert E. Goss, Mona West, Thomas Bohache

The Queer Bible Commentary brings together the work of several scholars and pastors known for their interest in the areas of gender, sexuality and Biblical studies. Rather than a verse-by-verse analysis, typical of more traditional commentaries, contributors to this volume focus specifically upon those portions of the book that have particular relevance for readers interested in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues such as the construction of gender and sexuality, the reification of heterosexuality, the question of lesbian and gay ancestry within the Bible, the transgendered voices of the prophets, the use of the Bible in contemporary political, socio-economic and religious spheres and the impact upon lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities.  From Amazon.com. 

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Listening In
by Stephen Breck Reid

Making use of recent historical, critical, literary, and rhetorical scholarship into the psalter, and combining it with an imaginative reading of African American, Latino, Asian American, and other nondominant cultural materials, Reid provides a compelling glimpse of the promise of a multicultural reading of the Scriptures. 

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