As a religion scholar, however, I believe one of the greatest loves in the Bible is a story of friendship: the intense ...

Consider Leviticus 19:34, which invokes the Israelites’ suffering as slaves in Egypt: “you shall love the alien as yourself ... mean that Jonathan and David form a covenant, a pact.

Consider Leviticus 19:34, which invokes the Israelites’ suffering as slaves in Egypt: “you shall love the alien as ... more passionate poems in the Hebrew Bible is one David is said to have ...

Consider Leviticus 19:34, which invokes the Israelites’ suffering as slaves in Egypt: “you shall love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens in the ... Among the more passionate poems in the ...