Man Jesus Loved. Theodore W. Jr. Jennings

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Название Man Jesus Loved
Автор произведения Theodore W. Jr. Jennings
Жанр Управление, подбор персонала
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      the man

      jesus loved

      the man

      jesus loved

      homoerotic narratives

      from the new testament

      THEODORE W. JENNINGS, JR.

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       For Gerardo

      The Pilgrim Press

      700 Prospect Avenue East

      Cleveland, Ohio 44115–1100

       pilgrimpress.com

      © 2003 by Theodore W. Jennings, Jr.

      All rights reserved. Published 2003

      Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper

      08 07 06 05 04 035 4 3 2

       Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Jennings, Theodore W.

      The man Jesus loved : homoerotic narratives from the New

      Testament / Theodore W. Jennings, Jr.

      p.cm.

      Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

      ISBN 0–8298-1535-X (alk. paper)

      1. Homosexuality in the Bible. 2. Bible. N.T. – Gay interpretations.

      3. Jesus Christ–Friends and associates. 4. Beloved Disciple. I. Title.

      BS2545.H63 J46 2003

      225.6′086′64–dc21

      2003043347

       Contents

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       Preface

       1. Homosexuality and Biblical Interpretation

       Rereading the Bible

       Strategies of “Gay Reading”

       This Project

       Terminology

       Part One

       THE MAN JESUS LOVED

       The Texts

       2. The Lover and His Beloved

       Intimacy

       Acknowledgment

       The Tomb

       Fishfry

       Conclusion

       3. The Identity and Role of the Man Jesus Loved

       Role of the Beloved

       The Question of Identity

       Conclusion

       4. Reconsidering the Gospel of John

       Terminology

       Sublimation

       Negation of Bodily?

       The Law

       Purity

       Conventionality

       Origin

       5. The Hidden Tradition

       Aelred and the Middle Ages

       Marlowe and the English Renaissance

       Crompton and Bentham

       Groddeck and Psychoanalysis

       Contemporary Voices

       6. Theological Significance

       Love as General and Particular

       The Flesh

       Same Sex

       Part Two

       THE JESUS TRADITION

       7. The Gospel of Mark

       The Look of Love

       The Nude Youth in the Garden

       Secret Mark: The Nude Youth in the House

       Carpocratian Mark

       Fitting Mark Together