[PDF.41ey] When Heroes Love: The Ambiguity of Eros in the Stories of Gilgamesh and David (Gender, Theory, and Religion)

When Heroes Love: The Ambiguity of Eros in the Stories of Gilgamesh and David (Gender, Theory, and Religion)

[PDF.xs31] When Heroes Love: The Ambiguity of Eros in the Stories of Gilgamesh and David (Gender, Theory, and Religion)

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||5 of 12 people found the following review helpful.| Groundbreaking View of Sexuality in the Ancient World|By John Matlock|It seems to be generally accepted that Alexander the Great did not go without love on his wars. First he took several wives, but second he seemed to have a, shall we say, very close companion. ==In our homophobic world, Alexander just simply couldn't be called a queer. You certainly wouldn't want to use such| |A superb reading of The Epic of Gilgamesh. (Raymond-Jean Frontain Gay & Lesbian )

Ackerman presents a detailed and thorough introduction... Her study is both informative and challenging. (Peter D. Miscall The Catholic Biblical Quar

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...

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