The Love of David and Jonathan : Ideology, Text, Reception.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 1. A convention of reading -- 2. A question of modern exegesis -- 3. What this book is, and is not -- 2. Battling for David and Jonathan: Scripture, Historical Criticism, and the Gay Agenda -- 1. Exegetical factional strife -- 2. Academy, church, and the gay agenda -- 3. A homosexual misunderstanding? (Silvia Schroer and Thomas Staubli) -- 4. The ideological use of word statistics? (Markus Zehnder) -- 5. Christian homophobia as divine order? (Robert Gagnon) -- 6. Transgressive reading? Que(e)r(y)ing David and Jonathan -- 7. David and Jonathan beyond foundationalism? -- 3. How Open is the David and Jonathan Narrative? -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Texts and readers -- 3. What makes 1 and 2 Samuel "open" and how has it been "closed"? -- 4. D/J: an essay -- 5. Conclusion -- 4. David and Jonathan between Athens and Jerusalem -- 1. David and Jonathan/the invention of gay history -- 2. The ancient reception of Achilles and Patroclus -- 3. Davidic friendship in the Romantic period -- 4. The Oxford Movement and Catholic homosociality -- 5. Protestant manliness -- 6. John Addington Symonds (1840-1893) -- 7. Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) and Teleny (1893) -- 8. Edward Carpenter (1844-1929) -- 9. E. M. Forster (1879-1970) -- 10. Conclusion -- 5. Conclusion: The Influence of Oscar Wilde on 1 and 2 Samuel -- Bibliography -- Index of References -- Index of Authors.

Were David and Jonathan 'gay' lovers? This very modern question lies behind the recent explosion of studies of the David and Jonathan narrative.

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