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- From: Albert-Lunde@nwu.edu (Albert Lunde)
- Subject: Re: Homos in the bible
- Message-ID: <1992Dec26.064742.5765@news.acns.nwu.edu>
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- Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 06:47:42 GMT
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- In article <BzuGu9.IF5@agora.rain.com> taurus@agora.rain.com (Scott Burch) writes:
- >I was reading a book recently that stated that there was some biblical
- >scripture that mentioned the posibliity of David being gay. Does anyone
- >know of any gay bible characters, or support for the theory that David was
- >gay. I would be interested in any leads that I can get.
-
- Well, the story of the relationship between Jonathan and David is
- in the books of 1st and 2nd Samuel. In particular, the quote from David's
- lamentation over his death (II Samuel 1:26) is often read as telling:
- "...greatly beloved were you to me; your love to me was wonderful,
- passing the love of women."
-
- You can get a chapter full of discussion on this in the book "Jonathan
- Loved David: Homosexuality in Biblical Times" by Tom Horner (1978)
-
- (...not the most scholarly work, but one which goes far beyond the usual
- "proof texts" in looking for relevant material.)
-
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