Men and masculinity in the Hebrew Bible and beyond / edited by Ovidiu Creangă.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Creangă, Ovidiu, 1921-

Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Series:

Bible in the modern world ; 33.

The Bible in the modern world, 1747-9630 ; 33

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Men in the Bible.

Bible. Old Testament.

Bible.

Masculinity--Religious aspects.

Masculinity.

Men--Religious aspects.

Men.

Sex (Psychology).

Physical Description:

xiii, 273 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Sheffield [Eng.] : Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2010.

Contents:

Favoured sons and subordinate masculinities / Susan E. Haddox

Of fine wine, incense and spices: the unstable masculine hegemony of the Book of Chronicles / Roland Boer

De/constructing masculinity in Exodus 1-4 / Brian C. DiPalma

Dancing and shining at Sinai: playing the man in Exodus 32-34 / David J.A. Clines

Variations on the theme of masculinity: Joshua's gender in/stability in the conquest narrative (Josh. 1-12) / Ovidiu Creangă

And his skin returned like a skin of a little boy: masculinity, disability and the healing of Naaman / Cheryl Strimple and Ovidiu Creangă

I am not afraid of anybody, I am the ruler of this land: the portrayal of Job in the Testament of Job / Maria Haralambakis

Divine virility in priestly representations: its memory and consumation in Rabbinic Midrash / Sandra Jacobs

Samson: masculinity lost (and regained?) / Ela Lazarewicz-Wyrzykowska

Jeremiah, masculinity and his portrayal as the 'lamenting prophet' / C.J. Patrick Davis

Negotiating Daniel's masculinity: the appropriation of Daniel's dreams by actual (rather than ideal) readers / Andrew Todd

Final reflections on Biblical masculinity / David J.A. Clines

Final reflections on Biblical masculinity / Stephen D. Moore.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

ISBN:

1907534091

9781907534096

OCLC:

690102788

Publisher Number:

99943008534