The Resource When heroes love : the ambiguity of eros in the stories of Gilgamesh and David, Susan Ackerman
When heroes love : the ambiguity of eros in the stories of Gilgamesh and David, Susan Ackerman
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- Summary
- 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 into the sexual nature of the heroes' relationships. Susan Ackerman's innovative work carefully examines the stories' sexual and homoerotic language and suggests that its ambiguity provides new ways of understanding ideas of gender and sexuality in the ancient Near East and its literature
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xvi, 353 pages)
- Contents
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- Abbreviations; Prologue; 1. Of Greeting Cards and Methods: Understanding Ancient Near Eastern Sex; The Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh; 2. Introducing Gilgamesh; 3. Gilgamesh and Enkidu; 4. The Liminal Hero, Part 1; 5. The Liminal Hero, Part 2; The Biblical Story of David and Jonathan; 6. Introducing David; 7. David and Jonathan; 8. Liminality and Beyond; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Citation Index
- Isbn
- 9780231507257
- Label
- When heroes love : the ambiguity of eros in the stories of Gilgamesh and David
- Title
- When heroes love
- Title remainder
- the ambiguity of eros in the stories of Gilgamesh and David
- Statement of responsibility
- Susan Ackerman
- Subject
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- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- David, King of Israel
- David, King of Israel
- Electronic books
- Gilgamesh
- Gilgamesh
- Homosexuality in literature
- Homosexuality in literature
- Homosexuality in the Bible
- Homosexuality in the Bible
- Jonathan, (Biblical figure)
- Jonathan, (Biblical figure)
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- Gay & Lesbian
- Literary Studies
- Literary Theory
- Literatur, Rhetorik, Literaturwissenschaft
- Bible, Samuel
- Bible, Samuel -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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 into the sexual nature of the heroes' relationships. Susan Ackerman's innovative work carefully examines the stories' sexual and homoerotic language and suggests that its ambiguity provides new ways of understanding ideas of gender and sexuality in the ancient Near East and its literature
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- COO
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Ackerman, Susan
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- In English
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Gender, theory, and religion
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- David
- Jonathan
- David
- Jonathan
- Homosexuality in literature
- Homosexuality in the Bible
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- Homosexuality in literature
- Homosexuality in the Bible
- Homosexuality in literature
- Homosexuality in the Bible
- Literary Studies
- Literary Theory
- Literatur, Rhetorik, Literaturwissenschaft
- Label
- When heroes love : the ambiguity of eros in the stories of Gilgamesh and David, Susan Ackerman
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-326) and indexes
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Abbreviations; Prologue; 1. Of Greeting Cards and Methods: Understanding Ancient Near Eastern Sex; The Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh; 2. Introducing Gilgamesh; 3. Gilgamesh and Enkidu; 4. The Liminal Hero, Part 1; 5. The Liminal Hero, Part 2; The Biblical Story of David and Jonathan; 6. Introducing David; 7. David and Jonathan; 8. Liminality and Beyond; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Citation Index
- Control code
- ocn213304831
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xvi, 353 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780231507257
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other control number
- 10.7312/acke13260
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
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- 22573/cttgrdhs
- df34373b-2181-4e6d-92ed-80cfcb429d86
- Publisher number
- EB00662313
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)213304831
- Label
- When heroes love : the ambiguity of eros in the stories of Gilgamesh and David, Susan Ackerman
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-326) and indexes
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Abbreviations; Prologue; 1. Of Greeting Cards and Methods: Understanding Ancient Near Eastern Sex; The Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh; 2. Introducing Gilgamesh; 3. Gilgamesh and Enkidu; 4. The Liminal Hero, Part 1; 5. The Liminal Hero, Part 2; The Biblical Story of David and Jonathan; 6. Introducing David; 7. David and Jonathan; 8. Liminality and Beyond; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Citation Index
- Control code
- ocn213304831
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xvi, 353 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780231507257
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other control number
- 10.7312/acke13260
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
-
- 22573/cttgrdhs
- df34373b-2181-4e6d-92ed-80cfcb429d86
- Publisher number
- EB00662313
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)213304831
Subject
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- David, King of Israel
- David, King of Israel
- Electronic books
- Gilgamesh
- Gilgamesh
- Homosexuality in literature
- Homosexuality in literature
- Homosexuality in the Bible
- Homosexuality in the Bible
- Jonathan, (Biblical figure)
- Jonathan, (Biblical figure)
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- Gay & Lesbian
- Literary Studies
- Literary Theory
- Literatur, Rhetorik, Literaturwissenschaft
- Bible, Samuel
- Bible, Samuel -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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