`  I replaced ``At the other end of the spectrum of Biblical scholarship would be those who hold a view of the Bible that allows a broader range of metaphorical interpretation, and or of interpretation of moral commands and their immutability.`` from being under the Romantic section (where it had been moved to by Contaldo80), as it manifestly does not belong there and makes no sense. It is not the traditionalists/literalists who see things such as Jonathan's divestiture of his clothing as sexual, anymore than they see Moses doing that to Aaron as rape (Num. 20:8). Or see a staff representing a phallus Elisha and the dead boy in a historical narrative. Or conclude that the Bible offers no coherent sexual ethic (Wink), or that “The gospel allows no rule against the following, in and of themselves: . .. bestiality, polygamy, homosexual acts,” or “pornography.”L. William Countryman, Dirt, Greed, and Sex (Fortress, 1988). The paragraph that was moved originally was part of the section explaining the two interpretive grids overall representative of the traditional position and the modern view. While this article does not deal directly with that issue, it is a pertinent aspect and is not out of place.    Just a note as regards using the word ``scholar.`` Such a title does not necessarily impress God or me, and should not really be a big issue, except as regards the refusal to allow the term being applied to those who hold to the traditional position here, (see edit Contaldo80), while those on the opposing side are referenced as such from the beginning. There is no precise established definition for such, though the editors may apply one, but the general meaning ranges from ``A learned person,`` or ``a specialist in a given branch of knowledge,`` to even a student. I would require the second one here.  Apart from the deletion editor's antipathy towards Gagnon, i do think some of the people who disagree with the Romantic position may warrant the title scholar.   As for Gagnon, well, he does have a B.A. degree from Dartmouth College, an M.T.S. from Harvard Divinity School, and a Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary, and is author of The Bible and Homosexual Practice: Texts and Hermeneutics (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2001; 520 pgs.), and which has received numerous peer reviews. http://www.robgagnon.net/RevPraise.htm.  And co-authored (with Dan O. Via) Homosexuality and the Bible: Two Views (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2003; 125 pgs.), as well as numerous other articles as well as many substantial exchanges with those on the opposing side. He is a member both of the Society of Biblical Literature and of the Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas, and has published scholarly articles on biblical studies in Journal of Biblical Literature, New Testament Studies, Catholic Biblical Quarterly, Novum Testamentum, Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, Horizons in Biblical Theology, and The Christian Century.   I do understand such a resume may not change one's opinion of his work, or the lack of esteem such a one may have for those who disagree with them, but perhaps the title of scholar could be allowed for them in a secular article.  `