| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 353 pages). |
| Series |
Gender, theory, and religion |
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Gender, theory, and religion.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-326) and indexes. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Contents |
Abbreviations; Prologue; 1. Of Greeting Cards and Methods: Understanding Ancient Near Eastern Sex; The Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh; 2. Introducing Gilgamesh; 3. Gilgamesh and Enkidu; 4. The Liminal Hero, Part 1; 5. The Liminal Hero, Part 2; The Biblical Story of David and Jonathan; 6. Introducing David; 7. David and Jonathan; 8. Liminality and Beyond; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Citation Index. |
| Summary |
Toward the end of the Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh King Gilgamesh laments the untimely death of his comrade Enkidu, ""my friend whom I loved dearly."" Similarly in the Bible, David mourns his companion, Jonathan, whose ""love to me was wonderful, greater than the love of women."" These passages, along with other ambiguous erotic and sexual language found in the Gilgamesh epic and the biblical David story, have become the object of numerous and competing scholarly inquiries into the sexual nature of the heroes' relationships. Susan Ackerman's innovative work carefully examines the stories' sexual and homoerotic language and suggests that its ambiguity provides new ways of understanding ideas of gender and sexuality in the ancient Near East and its literature. |
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David, King of Israel.
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Jonathan (Biblical figure)
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Gilgamesh.
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Bible. Samuel -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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David, King of Israel. (OCoLC)fst00035586
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Jonathan (Biblical figure) (OCoLC)fst01427590
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Bible. Samuel. (OCoLC)fst01892946
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Gilgamesh. (OCoLC)fst01357053
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Homosexuality in literature.
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Homosexuality in the Bible.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Gay & Lesbian.
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Homosexuality in literature. (OCoLC)fst00959825
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Homosexuality in the Bible. (OCoLC)fst00959833
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ackerman, Susan. When heroes love. New York : Columbia University Press, ©2005 9780231132602 (DLC) 2004065670 (OCoLC)57342000 |
| ISBN |
0231507259 (electronic bk.) |
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9780231507257 (electronic bk.) |
| Music No. |
EB00662313 Recorded Books |
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