David and Jonathan between Athens and Jerusalem

This article seeks to explain what made it possible for modern biblical scholars to ask whether the relationship between David and Jonathan in 1-2 Samuel should be regarded as sexual. The answer is to be found in the way the David and Jonathan narrative was read in the nineteenth century alongside p...

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Published in:Relegere
Main Author: Harding, James E. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Otago, Department of Theology and Religion [2011]
In: Relegere
Further subjects:B Oxford Hellenism
B Homosexuality
B David and Jonathan
B Jeremy Bentham
B John Addington Symonds
B E. M. Forster
B Oscar Wilde
B Achilles and Patroclus
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Summary:This article seeks to explain what made it possible for modern biblical scholars to ask whether the relationship between David and Jonathan in 1-2 Samuel should be regarded as sexual. The answer is to be found in the way the David and Jonathan narrative was read in the nineteenth century alongside passages in Greek and Roman texts that refer to analogous pairs of friends who had already become, or were on their way to becoming, tropes for homoeroticism.
ISSN:1179-7231
Contains:Enthalten in: Relegere
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.11157/rsrr1-1-7