Jonathan Loved David

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Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 9780664241858
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jonathan Loved David written by and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 1978-01-01 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this thoughtful exploration of a sensitive issue, Tom Horner considers all the references to homosexuality in the Bible--the stories of Sodom and Gibeah, David and Jonathan, Ruth and Naomi, and passages from Deuteronomy, Leviticus, Romans, I Corinthians, and I Timothy. He includes an important discussion of the words and actions of Christ in their biblical and historical context, to determine what conclusions can validly be inferred about Jesus and sexuality. This book contains suggestions for further reading and a complete list of biblical references to homosexuality. Teachers, students, and anyone open to reconsidering homosexuality in the light of the Scriptures will profit from this clearly written work.

Author : James E. Harding
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134940262
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Love of David and Jonathan written by James E. Harding and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-08 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Were David and Jonathan 'gay' lovers? This very modern question lies behind the recent explosion of studies of the David and Jonathan narrative. Interpreters differ in their assessment of whether 1 and 2 Samuel offer a positive portrayal of a homosexual relationship. Beneath the conflict of interpretations lies an ambiguous biblical text which has drawn generations of readers - from the redactors of the Hebrew text and the early translators to modern biblical scholars - to the task of resolving its possible meanings. What has not yet been fully explored is the place of David and Jonathan in the evolution of modern, Western understandings of same-sex relationships, in particular how the story of their relationship was read alongside classical narratives, such as those of Achilles and Patroclus, or Orestes and Pylades. The Love of David and Jonathan explores this context in detail to argue that the story of David and Jonathan was part of the process by which the modern idea of homosexuality itself emerged.

Author : Anthony Heacock
Publisher : Sheffield Phoenix Press Limited
ISBN 13 : 9781906055509
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jonathan Loved David written by Anthony Heacock and published by Sheffield Phoenix Press Limited. This book was released on 2011 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The relationship between the Hebrew heroes David and Jonathan has caught the attention of popular and scholarly writers alike. Yet there is little agreement about the nature of this relationship that speaks of a love between two men that 'surpasses the love of a man for a woman' (2 Sam. 1.26). Weighing the arguments of scholars including Nissinen, Stone and Zehnder, Heacock produces a meta-critical analysis of the many interpretations of the relationship between David and Jonathan, identifying three dominant readings: the traditional political-theological interpretation, the homoerotic interpretation, and the homosocial interpretation. After outlining the three interpretive approaches, Heacock considers the evidence cited to support each: namely, themes in the David and Jonathan narrative and related biblical texts, ancient political treaties, laws pertaining to homogenital behaviour in the ancient Mediterranean world, and the heroic tales of the Gilgamesh Epic and Homer's Iliad. By applying recent epistemological shifts in knowledge as developed in the interdisciplinary fields of sexuality studies, queer studies and ancient studies, Heacock emphasizes the inescapability of the modern reader's cultural context when reading the narrative, particularly the influence of modern discourses of sexuality. Rather than suggest an alternative historical reading, Heacock turns the debate on its head by abandoning claims to historical veracity and embracing the input of the contemporary queer reader. Using queer theory and reader-response criticism, he offers a reading of the relationship between David and Jonathan through the lens of contemporary gay male friendships. This queer reading not only celebrates manly love in its numerous forms, but also adds a self-critical voice to the discussion that exposes the heteronormative assumptions underlying the questions often asked of the narrative.

Author : Dirk von der Horst
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1620327023
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jonathan's Loves, David's Laments written by Dirk von der Horst and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2017-03-24 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jonathan's Loves, David's Laments uses early modern musical interpretations of David's Lament over Saul and Jonathan to deepen the historicist foundations of contemporary feminist and gay relational theologies. After laying out how gay theologian Gary David Comstock connects the story of David and Jonathan to the theology of lesbian theologian Carter Heyward, the argument interrogates both theological and exegetical problems in making those connections, which include contradictory theological stances with regard to modernity and history as well as the indeterminacy of the biblical text. Early modern musical interpretations of the text allow for a double move of engaging the texts through a sensual medium, thus reinforcing queer possibilities for meaning-making from the biblical text, and staying attuned to the fact that the history of interpretation reinforces the indeterminacy of the text, thus keeping queer interpretations aware of the relativizing function of historical difference.

Author : Jonathan Y. Rowe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781851748761
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jonathan and David written by Jonathan Y. Rowe and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Stephen Schecter
Publisher : Studio 9 Books & Music
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book David and Jonathan written by Stephen Schecter and published by Studio 9 Books & Music. This book was released on 1996 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Michael Patrick O'Connor
Publisher : Eisenbrauns
ISBN 13 : 9780931464300
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Backgrounds for the Bible written by Michael Patrick O'Connor and published by Eisenbrauns. This book was released on 1987 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tale / Arnold Band -- Scripture and worship in synagogue and church / Aidan Kavanagh -- The prayer book controversy: an insular view / C.H. Sisson -- Protestantism and preaching / Clayton Libolt -- Interpreting the new creationism / James R. Moore -- Babel und Bibel: the encounter between Babylon and the Bible / Herbert B. Huffmon -- On reading Genesis 1-3 / Francis I. Andersen -- Ugarit and the Bible / Michael Patrick O'Connor -- The biblical presence in modern art. - The Israelite Empire: in defense of King Solomon / Carol Meyers -- A law-observant mission to Gentiles: the background of Galatians / J. Louis Martyn -- Loyalty and love: the language of human interconnections in the Hebrew Bible / Katharine Doob Sakenfeld -- Biblical cosmology / Tikva Frymer-Kensky -- The language of holiness: perceptions of the sacred in the Hebrew Bible / Baruch A. Levine -- The Apoca.

Author : Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book My Sermon-notes written by Charles Haddon Spurgeon and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Bernard V. Komar
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781589012967
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Christian Love written by Bernard V. Komar and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 2003-03-07 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bernard Brady has given us a rare, delightful, and thought-provoking book—a volume that belongs on the desk or the bed-stand of anyone in search of the rich and varied dimensions of Christian love. Christians are taught that God is love and are commanded to love, their neighbors and their enemies. These truths are not controversial. What is controversial and, indeed, has been controversial throughout the history of Christianity is the meaning of this love. This book explores the tradition of Christian reflection on the meaning, and experience of love, loving, and being loved. Many books have been written about Christian love, but no book has gathered together this kind of primary source material and covered such a wide range of perspectives, allowing the reader to engage directly with the thought and experience of some of the greatest Christian minds on the topic of love. Bernard Brady covers with remarkable clarity the breadth and depth of discussions on Christian love from the Bible to contemporary experience to create this-a survey of how Christians through the ages have understood love. Beginning of course with the Bible, Brady examines the key writings and thinkers on the nature of Christian love: St. Augustine; mystics such as Bernard of Clairvaux, Hadewich, and Julian of Norwich; the great tradition and literature of courtly love, Thomas Aquinas, Martin Luther, Sören Kierkegaard, and others. In addition, Brady devotes chapters to several 20th century figures whose lives seemingly embodied Christian love: Mother Theresa, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Pope John Paul II. Finally, Christian Love addresses contemporary deliberations over the meaning of love with an analysis of the modern writings of Martin D'Arcy, Reinhold Niebuhr, Jules Toner, Gustavo Gutiérrez, Gene Outka, Margaret Farley, Edward Vacek, and Don Browning. In a synthesizing concluding chapter, Brady offers his own insightful and introspective understanding of the substance of Christian love, suggesting that it is an affective affirmation of another, that it is both responsive and unitive, and that it is steadfast and enduring. As a beautiful contemplative companion to one's own spiritual understanding, or as a thoughtful and meaningful gift, Christian Love is in every sense a treasure to behold, read, and share with those you love.

Author : Song-Mi Suzie Park
Publisher : Presbyterian Publishing Corp
ISBN 13 : 1646983165
Total Pages : 127 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Love in the Hebrew Bible written by Song-Mi Suzie Park and published by Presbyterian Publishing Corp. This book was released on 2023-05-30 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christians insist that love stands at the heart of who God is. Yet, when we talk about love in the Hebrew Bible, how much do we really know? Possessing such a belief alone does not mean that we possess a clear understanding of what love is. Are we aware of how often divine and human love are tied up with the idea of preference for one individual or group over another? Do we know how often descriptions of love involve questions of power, authority, and gender? Do we see that love is connected to suffering, betrayal, and sometimes death in the Hebrew Scriptures? In Love in the Hebrew Bible, one of the first book-length studies of its kind, Suzie Park provides fascinating and essential insights into these questions, refreshing our understanding of the meaning of love in the Hebrew Bible. Pushing against characterizations of the loving God of the New Testament narrative universe versus the wrathful God of the Old Testament, Park shows that love is integral to the ways in which relationships, both among people and also between humanity and God, are imagined in the Hebrew text. Reflecting matrices of meaning and associations, love thus is a vital component of the ideology and theology of the Hebrew Scriptures, and an understanding of it remains fundamental to our knowledge of the biblical text.