The very suggestion that there may be homoeroticism in Hebrew
narrative may seem odd given the supposition that the religion and
culture of ancient Israel resolutely opposed same sex erotic
relationships. The apparent prohibition of homosexuality in
Leviticus and the story of Sodom from Genesis have been made to
speak for the whole Hebrew Bible. The oddity of this situation has
not been lost on some interpreters who have recognized that the
story of Sodom tells us no more about attitudes toward what we call
homosexuality than the story of the rape of Dina tells us about
attitudes toward heterosexuality. Prof. Jennings says that the
well-known eroticism of the Hebrew Bible is not confined to
heterosexuality but also includes an astonishing diversity of
material that lends itself to homoerotic interpretation. In Part
one, Jennings examines saga materials associated with David. It is
no innovation to detect in the David and JonathanGCOs relationship
at least the outline of a remarkable love story between two men.
What becomes clear, however, is that the tale is far more complex
than this since it involves Saul and is set within a context of a
warrior society that takes for granted that male heroes will be
accompanied by younger or lower status males.
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