The Sexuality of Christ in Renaissance Art and in Modern Oblivion.

NY: Pantheon (1983). First edition. 222 pp. Boards slightly bowed, else very near fine in like dust jacket. The first edition of Steinberg’s controversial study of the representations of Christ’s genitalia in Renaissance art and the theological implications of the insistent emphasis on his sexuality and masculinity. Handsomely illustrated with 250 black and white reproductions.