Sacred prostitution (English Wikipedia)

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Qualls-Corbett 1988, p. 37. Qualls-Corbett, Nancy (1988). The Sacred Prostitute: Eternal Aspect of the Feminine. Inner City Books. ISBN 9780919123311.
Greenberg 1988, p. 164. Greenberg, David F. (1988). The Construction of Homosexuality. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226306278.
Clendinnen 1991, p. 163. Clendinnen, Inga (1991). Aztecs: An Interpretation. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-40093-7. OCLC 22451031.
Miller & Taube 1993, p. 190. Miller, Mary; Taube, Karl (1993). The Gods and Symbols of Ancient Mexico and the Maya: An Illustrated Dictionary of Mesoamerican Religion. London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 0-500-05068-6. OCLC 27667317.
Guerra 1971, p. 91. Guerra, Francisco (1971). The Pre-Columbian Mind: A Study Into the Aberrant Nature of Sexual Drives, Drugs Affecting Behaviour and the Attitude Towards Life and Death, with a Survey of Psychotherapy in Pre-Columbian America. Seminar Press Limited. ISBN 9780128410509.
Williams 1998, p. 320. Williams, Miriam (1998). Heaven's Harlots: My Fifteen Years as a Sacred Prostitute in the Children of God Cult. Eagle Brook. ISBN 9780688155049.
Qualls-Corbett 1988, p. 40. Qualls-Corbett, Nancy (1988). The Sacred Prostitute: Eternal Aspect of the Feminine. Inner City Books. ISBN 9780919123311.
Qualls-Corbett 1988, p. 43. Qualls-Corbett, Nancy (1988). The Sacred Prostitute: Eternal Aspect of the Feminine. Inner City Books. ISBN 9780919123311.
Pike 2004, pp. 122, 126–127 Pike, Sarah M. (2004). New Age and Neopagan Religions in America. Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780231124034.
Holland 2008 Holland, Eileen (2008). The Wicca Handbook. Weiser Books. ISBN 9781609254520. isbn:9781609254520.

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San José Campos, Christian (2 November 2018). "Las mujeres en la religión fenicio-púnica" (in Spanish). Archivos Historia. Archived from the original on 2 July 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.

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Watson, Andrea (18 October 2016). "It was an ancient form of sex tourism". BBC. Archived from the original on 14 April 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.

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Biblical Archaeology Society Staff, Sacred Prostitution in the Story of Judah and Tamar? Archived 16 July 2019 at the Wayback Machine, 7 August 2018

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Budin 2008; more briefly the case that there was no sacred prostitution in Greco-Roman Ephesus Baugh 1999; see also the book review by Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge, Bryn Mawr Classical Review, April 28, 2009 Archived 12 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Budin, Stephanie Lynn (2008). The Myth of Sacred Prostitution in Antiquity. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521880909. Baugh, S. M. (September 1999). "Cult Prostitution In New Testament Ephesus: A Reappraisal". Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society. 42 (3): 443–460. Archived from the original on 22 April 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2019.

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Associated with the corresponding verb zanah."Genesis 1:1 (KJV)". Blue Letter Bible. Archived from the original on 17 November 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018. incorporating Strong's concordance (1890) and Gesenius's Lexicon (1857). Also transliterated qĕdeshah, q^edeshah, qědēšā ,qedashah, kadeshah, kadesha, qedesha, kdesha. A modern liturgical pronunciation would be k'deysha.
"Lexicon results for zanah (Strong's H2181)". Blue Letter Bible. Archived from the original on 17 November 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
"Lexicon results for qĕdeshah (Strong's H6948)". Blue Letter Bible. Archived from the original on 29 August 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018. incorporating Strong's concordance (1890) and Gesenius's Lexicon (1857).
Lexicon results for kelev (Strong's H3611) Archived 12 June 2018 at the Wayback Machine, incorporating Strong's Concordance (1890) and Gesenius's Lexicon (1857).

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Stol 2016, pp. 419–435. Stol, Marten (2016). "Temple Prostitution". Women in the Ancient Near East. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. ISBN 9781614512639. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
Day 2004, pp. 2–21 Day, John (2004). "Does the Old Testament Refer to Sacred Prostitution and Did it Actually Exist in Ancient Israel?". In McCarthy, Carmel; Healey, John F. (eds.). Biblical & Near Eastern Essays. A&C Black. pp. 2–21. ISBN 9780826466907. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
Singh 1997, p. 6. Singh, Nagendra Kr (1997). Divine Prostitution. APH Publishing. ISBN 9788170248217. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
Grossman et al 2011, p. 596 Grossman, Maxine; et al. (2011). The Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199730049. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
Kamionkowski 2003, pp. 21–22. Kamionkowski, S. Tamar (2003). Gender Reversal and Cosmic Chaos: A Study in the Book of Ezekiel. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9780567137876. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
Bird 2020, pp. 6, 13. Bird, Phyllis A. (2020). Harlot or Holy Woman?: A Study of Hebrew Qedešah. Penn State Press. ISBN 978-1-64602-020-1.
Sweeney 2001, p. 137. Sweeney, Marvin Alan (2001). King Josiah of Judah: The Lost Messiah of Israel. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195133240. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
Debord 1982, p. 97. Debord, Pierre (1982). Aspects Sociaux et économiques de la Vie Religieuse Dans L'Anatolie Gréco-Romaine (in French). BRILL. ISBN 9789004064690. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
Yarshater 1983, p. 107. Yarshater, Ehsan (1983). The Cambridge History of Iran. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521200929. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
Dunbar 2015. Dunbar, Julie C. (2015). Women, Music, Culture: An Introduction. Routledge. ISBN 9781351857451. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
Ruspini & Bonifacio 2018. Ruspini, Elisabetta; Bonifacio, Glenda Tibe, eds. (2018). Women and Religion: Contemporary and Future Challenges in the Global Era. Policy Press. ISBN 9781447336372. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
Keen 1990, p. 97. Keen, Benjamin (1990). The Aztec Image in Western Thought. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 9780813515724. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
Taylor 1987, p. 87. Taylor, Clark L (1987). "Legends, Syncretism, and Continuing Echoes of Homosexuality from Pre-Columbian and Colonial Mexico". In Murray, Stephen O. (ed.). Male homosexuality in Central and South America. Instituto Obregón. ISBN 9780942777581. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
Hunter 2006, p. 419-420. Hunter, Jennifer Tibe (2006). "Sacred Prostitution, Contemporary". In Ditmore, Melissa Hope (ed.). Encyclopedia of Prostitution and Sex Work, Volume 2. Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-313-32970-2. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
Ipsen 2014 Ipsen, Avaren (2014). Sex Working and the Bible. Routledge. ISBN 9781317490661. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2020.

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Budin 2008; more briefly the case that there was no sacred prostitution in Greco-Roman Ephesus Baugh 1999; see also the book review by Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge, Bryn Mawr Classical Review, April 28, 2009 Archived 12 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Budin, Stephanie Lynn (2008). The Myth of Sacred Prostitution in Antiquity. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521880909. Baugh, S. M. (September 1999). "Cult Prostitution In New Testament Ephesus: A Reappraisal". Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society. 42 (3): 443–460. Archived from the original on 22 April 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2019.

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Eusebius, Life of Constantine, 3.55 Archived 11 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine and 3.58 Archived 10 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine

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Beard, Mary; Henderson, John (November 1997). "With This Body I Thee Worship: Sacred Prostitution in Antiquity". Gender & History. 9 (3): 480–503. doi:10.1111/1468-0424.00072. ISSN 0953-5233.
Larson, Paul (2010), "Sacred Prostitution", in Leeming, David A.; Madden, Kathryn; Marlan, Stanton (eds.), Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion, Boston, MA: Springer US, pp. 804–805, doi:10.1007/978-0-387-71802-6_600, ISBN 978-0-387-71801-9, retrieved 16 March 2024
Westenholz 1989, pp. 245–265. Westenholz, Joan Goodnick (1989). "Tamar, Qědēšā, Qadištu, and Sacred Prostitution in Mesopotamia". The Harvard Theological Review. 82 (3): 245–265. doi:10.1017/S0017816000016199. ISSN 0017-8160. JSTOR 1510077. S2CID 162848021.
DeGrado 2018 DeGrado, Jessie (12 January 2018). "The qdesha in Hosea 4:14: Putting the (Myth of the) Sacred Prostitute to Bed". Vetus Testamentum. 68 (1): 8–40. doi:10.1163/15685330-12341300.
TSOUCALAS, Gregory; MICHALEAS, Spyros; ANDROUTSOS, Georges; VLAHOS, Nikolaos; KARAMANOU, Marianna (2021). "Female prostitution, hygiene, and medicine in ancient Greece: A peculiar relationship". Archives of the Balkan Medical Union. 56 (2): 229–233. doi:10.31688/ABMU.2021.56.2.12. S2CID 237858610.
Platon, Lefteris (2015). "Sacred Prostitution in Minoan Crete? A New Interpretation of Some Old Archaeological Findings". Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections. 7 (3): 76–89. doi:10.2458/azu_jaei_v07i3_platon.
Gibson, Craig (2019). "Temple Prostitution at Aphaca: An Overlooked Source". Classical Quarterly. 69 (2): 928–931. doi:10.1017/S0009838819000697. S2CID 211942060.
Kuly 2003, p. 199. Kuly, Lisa (2003). "Locating Transcendence in Japanese Minzoku Geinô: Yamabushi and Miko Kagura". Ethnologies. 25 (1): 191–208. doi:10.7202/007130ar. ISSN 1481-5974.
Estrada 2003, pp. 10–14. Estrada, Gabriel S. (2003). "An Aztec Two-Spirit Cosmology: Re-Sounding Nahuatl Masculinities, Elders, Femininities, and Youth". Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies. 24 (2/3): 10–14. doi:10.1353/fro.2004.0008. ISSN 0160-9009. JSTOR 3347344. S2CID 144868230.

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Stupia, Tiziana. "Salome re-awakens: Beltane at the Temple of Venus in Sicily – Goddess Pages". goddess-pages.co.uk. Archived from the original on 25 August 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.

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"'Project Combat' launched to eradicate 'Devadasi' system". The Hindu. 30 January 2006. Archived from the original on 25 May 2006. Retrieved 31 January 2007.

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Keating, Sara (20 February 2017). "'Sacred Prostitution': An ancient tradition based on respect for the woman". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 22 November 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2019.

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Cooper 1971, pp. 18–19. Cooper, Jerrold S. (1971). "Prostitution" (PDF). Reallexikon der Assyriologie. de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110195453. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 June 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2019.

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Westenholz 1989, pp. 245–265. Westenholz, Joan Goodnick (1989). "Tamar, Qědēšā, Qadištu, and Sacred Prostitution in Mesopotamia". The Harvard Theological Review. 82 (3): 245–265. doi:10.1017/S0017816000016199. ISSN 0017-8160. JSTOR 1510077. S2CID 162848021.
Estrada 2003, pp. 10–14. Estrada, Gabriel S. (2003). "An Aztec Two-Spirit Cosmology: Re-Sounding Nahuatl Masculinities, Elders, Femininities, and Youth". Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies. 24 (2/3): 10–14. doi:10.1353/fro.2004.0008. ISSN 0160-9009. JSTOR 3347344. S2CID 144868230.

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Padilla, Steve (31 August 1989). "Woman Tells Court She Performed Sex Acts for Religious Reasons". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 13 June 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2020.

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Lipiński 2013, pp. 9–27 Lipiński, Edward (April 2013). "Cult Prostitution and Passage Rites in the Biblical World" (PDF). The Biblical Annals. 60 (1): 9–27. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 July 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.

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"Star-News – Google News Archive Search". Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2015.

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"Religion Based On Sex Gets A Judicial Review". The New York Times. 2 May 1990. Archived from the original on 12 December 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2015.

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Westenholz 1989, pp. 245–265. Westenholz, Joan Goodnick (1989). "Tamar, Qědēšā, Qadištu, and Sacred Prostitution in Mesopotamia". The Harvard Theological Review. 82 (3): 245–265. doi:10.1017/S0017816000016199. ISSN 0017-8160. JSTOR 1510077. S2CID 162848021.
TSOUCALAS, Gregory; MICHALEAS, Spyros; ANDROUTSOS, Georges; VLAHOS, Nikolaos; KARAMANOU, Marianna (2021). "Female prostitution, hygiene, and medicine in ancient Greece: A peculiar relationship". Archives of the Balkan Medical Union. 56 (2): 229–233. doi:10.31688/ABMU.2021.56.2.12. S2CID 237858610.
Gibson, Craig (2019). "Temple Prostitution at Aphaca: An Overlooked Source". Classical Quarterly. 69 (2): 928–931. doi:10.1017/S0009838819000697. S2CID 211942060.
Estrada 2003, pp. 10–14. Estrada, Gabriel S. (2003). "An Aztec Two-Spirit Cosmology: Re-Sounding Nahuatl Masculinities, Elders, Femininities, and Youth". Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies. 24 (2/3): 10–14. doi:10.1353/fro.2004.0008. ISSN 0160-9009. JSTOR 3347344. S2CID 144868230.

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Schulz, Matthias (26 March 2010). "Sex in the Service of Aphrodite: Did Prostitution Really Exist in the Temples of Antiquity?". Der Spiegel. Archived from the original on 26 November 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2016.

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Larson, Paul (2010), "Sacred Prostitution", in Leeming, David A.; Madden, Kathryn; Marlan, Stanton (eds.), Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion, Boston, MA: Springer US, pp. 804–805, doi:10.1007/978-0-387-71802-6_600, ISBN 978-0-387-71801-9, retrieved 16 March 2024

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Schulz, Matthias (26 March 2010). "Sex in the Service of Aphrodite: Did Prostitution Really Exist in the Temples of Antiquity?". Der Spiegel. Archived from the original on 26 November 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
Cooper 1971, pp. 18–19. Cooper, Jerrold S. (1971). "Prostitution" (PDF). Reallexikon der Assyriologie. de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110195453. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 June 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
Stol 2016, pp. 419–435. Stol, Marten (2016). "Temple Prostitution". Women in the Ancient Near East. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. ISBN 9781614512639. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
Budin 2008; more briefly the case that there was no sacred prostitution in Greco-Roman Ephesus Baugh 1999; see also the book review by Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge, Bryn Mawr Classical Review, April 28, 2009 Archived 12 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Budin, Stephanie Lynn (2008). The Myth of Sacred Prostitution in Antiquity. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521880909. Baugh, S. M. (September 1999). "Cult Prostitution In New Testament Ephesus: A Reappraisal". Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society. 42 (3): 443–460. Archived from the original on 22 April 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
University of Pennsylvania. "Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary". Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary. University of Pennsylvania. Archived from the original on 5 June 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
Singh 1997, p. 6. Singh, Nagendra Kr (1997). Divine Prostitution. APH Publishing. ISBN 9788170248217. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
San José Campos, Christian (2 November 2018). "Las mujeres en la religión fenicio-púnica" (in Spanish). Archivos Historia. Archived from the original on 2 July 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
Biblical Archaeology Society Staff, Sacred Prostitution in the Story of Judah and Tamar? Archived 16 July 2019 at the Wayback Machine, 7 August 2018
Lipiński 2013, pp. 9–27 Lipiński, Edward (April 2013). "Cult Prostitution and Passage Rites in the Biblical World" (PDF). The Biblical Annals. 60 (1): 9–27. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 July 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
Associated with the corresponding verb zanah."Genesis 1:1 (KJV)". Blue Letter Bible. Archived from the original on 17 November 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018. incorporating Strong's concordance (1890) and Gesenius's Lexicon (1857). Also transliterated qĕdeshah, q^edeshah, qědēšā ,qedashah, kadeshah, kadesha, qedesha, kdesha. A modern liturgical pronunciation would be k'deysha.
"Lexicon results for zanah (Strong's H2181)". Blue Letter Bible. Archived from the original on 17 November 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
"Lexicon results for qĕdeshah (Strong's H6948)". Blue Letter Bible. Archived from the original on 29 August 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018. incorporating Strong's concordance (1890) and Gesenius's Lexicon (1857).
Grossman et al 2011, p. 596 Grossman, Maxine; et al. (2011). The Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199730049. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
Kamionkowski 2003, pp. 21–22. Kamionkowski, S. Tamar (2003). Gender Reversal and Cosmic Chaos: A Study in the Book of Ezekiel. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9780567137876. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
Lexicon results for kelev (Strong's H3611) Archived 12 June 2018 at the Wayback Machine, incorporating Strong's Concordance (1890) and Gesenius's Lexicon (1857).
Sweeney 2001, p. 137. Sweeney, Marvin Alan (2001). King Josiah of Judah: The Lost Messiah of Israel. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195133240. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
Watson, Andrea (18 October 2016). "It was an ancient form of sex tourism". BBC. Archived from the original on 14 April 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
Stupia, Tiziana. "Salome re-awakens: Beltane at the Temple of Venus in Sicily – Goddess Pages". goddess-pages.co.uk. Archived from the original on 25 August 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
Debord 1982, p. 97. Debord, Pierre (1982). Aspects Sociaux et économiques de la Vie Religieuse Dans L'Anatolie Gréco-Romaine (in French). BRILL. ISBN 9789004064690. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
Yarshater 1983, p. 107. Yarshater, Ehsan (1983). The Cambridge History of Iran. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521200929. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
Eusebius, Life of Constantine, 3.55 Archived 11 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine and 3.58 Archived 10 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine
"What is child hierodulic servitude?". Anti-Slavery Society. Archived from the original on 2 January 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
Dunbar 2015. Dunbar, Julie C. (2015). Women, Music, Culture: An Introduction. Routledge. ISBN 9781351857451. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
Ruspini & Bonifacio 2018. Ruspini, Elisabetta; Bonifacio, Glenda Tibe, eds. (2018). Women and Religion: Contemporary and Future Challenges in the Global Era. Policy Press. ISBN 9781447336372. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
Human Rights Watch. Caste: Asia's Hidden Apartheid Archived 23 April 2003 at the Wayback Machine
United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women. Thirty-seventh session: 15 January – 2 February 2007 Archived 24 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine
"'Project Combat' launched to eradicate 'Devadasi' system". The Hindu. 30 January 2006. Archived from the original on 25 May 2006. Retrieved 31 January 2007.
Keen 1990, p. 97. Keen, Benjamin (1990). The Aztec Image in Western Thought. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 9780813515724. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
Taylor 1987, p. 87. Taylor, Clark L (1987). "Legends, Syncretism, and Continuing Echoes of Homosexuality from Pre-Columbian and Colonial Mexico". In Murray, Stephen O. (ed.). Male homosexuality in Central and South America. Instituto Obregón. ISBN 9780942777581. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
Padilla, Steve (31 August 1989). "Woman Tells Court She Performed Sex Acts for Religious Reasons". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 13 June 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
"Religion Based On Sex Gets A Judicial Review". The New York Times. 2 May 1990. Archived from the original on 12 December 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
"Star-News – Google News Archive Search". Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
Hunter 2006, p. 419-420. Hunter, Jennifer Tibe (2006). "Sacred Prostitution, Contemporary". In Ditmore, Melissa Hope (ed.). Encyclopedia of Prostitution and Sex Work, Volume 2. Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-313-32970-2. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
Ipsen 2014 Ipsen, Avaren (2014). Sex Working and the Bible. Routledge. ISBN 9781317490661. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
Keating, Sara (20 February 2017). "'Sacred Prostitution': An ancient tradition based on respect for the woman". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 22 November 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2019.

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Beard, Mary; Henderson, John (November 1997). "With This Body I Thee Worship: Sacred Prostitution in Antiquity". Gender & History. 9 (3): 480–503. doi:10.1111/1468-0424.00072. ISSN 0953-5233.

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Beard, Mary; Henderson, John (November 1997). "With This Body I Thee Worship: Sacred Prostitution in Antiquity". Gender & History. 9 (3): 480–503. doi:10.1111/1468-0424.00072. ISSN 0953-5233.
Westenholz 1989, pp. 245–265. Westenholz, Joan Goodnick (1989). "Tamar, Qědēšā, Qadištu, and Sacred Prostitution in Mesopotamia". The Harvard Theological Review. 82 (3): 245–265. doi:10.1017/S0017816000016199. ISSN 0017-8160. JSTOR 1510077. S2CID 162848021.
Kuly 2003, p. 199. Kuly, Lisa (2003). "Locating Transcendence in Japanese Minzoku Geinô: Yamabushi and Miko Kagura". Ethnologies. 25 (1): 191–208. doi:10.7202/007130ar. ISSN 1481-5974.
Estrada 2003, pp. 10–14. Estrada, Gabriel S. (2003). "An Aztec Two-Spirit Cosmology: Re-Sounding Nahuatl Masculinities, Elders, Femininities, and Youth". Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies. 24 (2/3): 10–14. doi:10.1353/fro.2004.0008. ISSN 0160-9009. JSTOR 3347344. S2CID 144868230.
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