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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 marvelous, greater than the passion of women." These passages, along with other ambiguous erotic and sexual language found in the Gilgamesh epic and the biblical David story, have grow the object of numerous and competing scholarly inquiries into the sexual innateness of the heroes' relationships. Susan Ackerman's innovative function 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. In exploring the stories of Gilgamesh and Enkidu and David and Jonathan, Ackerman cautions against applying contemporary conceptions of homosexuality to these relationships. Drawing on historical and literary criticism, Ackerman's close readings evaluate the sto
Has 'Homosexual' Always Been in the Bible?
Reprinted with permission from The Forge Online
The word “arsenokoitai” shows up in two different verses in the bible, but it was not translated to intend “homosexual” until
We got to lounge down with Ed Oxford at his home in Long Beach, California and talk about this interrogate.
You include been part of a research team that is seeking to understand how the decision was made to put the pos homosexual in the bible. Is that true?
Ed: Yes. It first showed up in the RSV translation. So before figuring out why they decided to use that word in the RSV translation (which is outlined in my upcoming publication with Kathy Baldock, Forging a Sacred Weapon: How the Bible Became Anti-Gay) I wanted to observe how other cultures and translations treated the matching verses when they were translated during the Reformation years ago. So I started collecting old Bibles in French, German, Irish, Gaelic, Czechoslovakian, Polish… you name it. Now I’ve got most European major languages that I’ve calm over time. An
Bible Verses about Homosexuality
What does the Bible state about Homosexuality? Scriptures on Same-Sex Relations
There are some key Bible verses about homosexuality to realize the biblical view of gay relations. The most commonly quoted Bible verses are Leviticus and Leviticus , which state that it is an abomination for a human to lie with another man as he would with a woman. In Romans , Apostle Paul says that homosexuality is opposite to God's instinctive order and results from rejecting God. Additionally, 1 Corinthians lists homosexuality as one of the sins that will prevent someone from entering the Kingdom of God. While the Bible is clear in its view of homosexuality, it is necessary to remember that God loves all of his creation and offers forgiveness to those who repent and spin away from their sins.
Top 10 Bible Verses about Homosexuality
Leviticus ~ You shall not rest with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination.
Leviticus ~ If a man lies with a male as with a girl, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall surely be lay to death; their blood i
The Bible on Homosexual Behavior
One way to argue against these passages is to make what I call the “shellfish objection.” Keith Sharpe puts it this way: “Until Christian fundamentalists boycott shellfish restaurants, stop wearing poly-cotton T-shirts, and stone to death their wayward offspring, there is no obligation to listen to their diatribes about homosexuality being a sin” (The Gay Gospels, 21).
In other words, if we can disregard rules like the bar on eating shellfish in Leviticus , then we should be allowed to disobey other prohibitions from the Old Testament. But this argument confuses the Aged Testament’s temporary ceremonial laws with its permanent moral laws.
Here’s an analogy to help understand this distinction.
I remember two rules my mom gave me when I was young: hold her hand when I cross the lane and don’t drink what’s under the sink. Today, I contain to follow only the latter rule, since the former is no longer needed to safeguard me. In fact, it would now do me more injure than good.
Old Testament ritual/ceremonial laws were like mom’s handholding control. The rea