Submitted by angelojann t3_10nigaq in books
echolm1407 t1_j6excv9 wrote
Reply to comment by TheJester0330 in Dickens' David Copperfield: Were men more affectionate with each other in the 18th century? by angelojann
Thanks.
>The earliest times we see this change on same sex relationships is with the first Christian polemics (such as Paul) who preached on the vices of Rome decadence with a core critique being same sex relationships as a "sin".
I know that the original codex that we have of the Greek and the Latin Vulgate of the New Testament are on average hundreds of years later than Paul. And yet they can be interpreted more in line as to what you described here in the same sex interactions in Roman civilization. The real detachment seems to be in the translation of the Greek codex which would indicate a loss of culture knowledge.
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