tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612445.post4827244985565402739..comments2024-03-23T12:05:23.537-05:00Comments on The Wild Reed: Terence Weldon on the "Disciple Jesus Loved" as a Role Model for LGBT ChristiansMichael J. Baylyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03087458490602152648noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612445.post-40363663864790839022010-12-30T11:03:21.365-06:002010-12-30T11:03:21.365-06:00Thanks for this post Michael. And, an introductio...Thanks for this post Michael. And, an introduction to Terence's site.brian gerardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08322449604483729842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612445.post-36366358358042504742010-12-30T02:18:26.382-06:002010-12-30T02:18:26.382-06:00Thanks for your shout out, Michael -- and for your...Thanks for your shout out, Michael -- and for your ever-useful set of links to related posts.Terence Weldonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612445.post-33269994696434521122010-12-29T21:35:59.127-06:002010-12-29T21:35:59.127-06:00Entirely eisegetical - and uninformed by ancient J...Entirely eisegetical - and uninformed by ancient Jewish social relations. A simpler explanation is that Jesus and John - or the Beloved Disciple, whether different people or the same person - were "fictive kin." The closest friendships were those between siblings, not between spouses (as they come from different families) and certainly not between parents and children, even adult parents and their adult children.<br /><br />Fictive kinship established the closest possible friendship-in- family. Sexualizing that relationship would have been considered incestuous and violation of Jewish Law and social mores.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com