Some articles I want to come back to in my writings are going to be posted here:
Jesus was a Jew
Seized by Truth
A Brutal Unity
Paul and the Gift
Hermeneutics of Christian Psalmody
The Blessing of Mercy
Reading Luke's Gospel
Girard's Breakthrough
Monday, February 15, 2016
Thursday, February 11, 2016
Same Sex Marriage in Ancient Rome?
A commenter over at Anglican Down Under recently pointed out that Juvenal's Satire no. 2, lines 117 following (you can read it here) ribs marriage between two men.
Now I understand satire to be the satire of something real rather than imaginary, so I am imagining that Juvenal is ribbing an actual social phenomenon?
Or is there another accounting for why Juvenal takes on same sex marriage contemporary to his time in the ancient world?
So, is Juvenal pointing to something which some today say is new in our time?
This article makes clear that at least for a period (Nero to Domitian?) same sex marriage was tolerated in Roman society. But note something within the article is forcefully argued in another article here: there was no legal same sex marriage in ancient Rome, though there were same sex weddings celebrated. For another analysis, go here.
Now I understand satire to be the satire of something real rather than imaginary, so I am imagining that Juvenal is ribbing an actual social phenomenon?
Or is there another accounting for why Juvenal takes on same sex marriage contemporary to his time in the ancient world?
So, is Juvenal pointing to something which some today say is new in our time?
This article makes clear that at least for a period (Nero to Domitian?) same sex marriage was tolerated in Roman society. But note something within the article is forcefully argued in another article here: there was no legal same sex marriage in ancient Rome, though there were same sex weddings celebrated. For another analysis, go here.
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