Though the male - female duality in Genesis is foundational, Thielicke believes that the specific Biblical injunctions against homosexuality have enough interpretive problems associated with them to give the pastoral counselor «a certain freedom to rethink the subject. (religion-online.org)
In sum, I would argue that the crucial interpretive problem of 56:1 - 8 lies in carefully distinguishing between the literary (canonical) function of the text and historical reconstructions developed according to a prior diachronic interpretation of its setting, dating, and postexilic addressee. (religion-online.org)