When Heroes Love: The Ambiguity Of Eros In The Stories Of Gilgamesh And David (Gender, Theory, and Religion) (edit title/settings)

by Susan Ackerman (Author) (edit contributors)

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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 wonderful, greater than the love of women." These passages,... read more

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Susan Ackerman (Author)

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Lambda Literary Award (2005: LGBT Studies)

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