Format:
Online-Ressource (xvi, 353 p)
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24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0231132603
Series Statement:
Gender, theory, and religion
Content:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-326) and indexes
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780231132602
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe When Heroes Love : The Ambiguity of Eros in the Stories of Gilgamesh and David
Language:
English
