Tag Archives: Jonathan

On the Homosexual or Homosocial David and Jonathan…

Posted on February 28, 2011 by Ashley Lee

The story of David and Jonathan is perhaps the closest, most controversial relationship between men in the history of the Old Testament, if not beyond. How is it that this one story has posed so many arguments and interpretations over … Continue reading →

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Posted on February 25, 2011 by Andrew Battista

Reading Focus: 1 Samuel 18-23; 2 Samuel 1. We’ve already seen how clothes function as a metaphors in the Joseph cycle. The motif appears again in 1 Samuel (in many places, but most notably when David and Jonathan exchange clothing … Continue reading →