Men and masculinity in the Hebrew Bible and beyond
By: edited by Ovidiu Creangă
Series: The Bible in the modern world -- 33; Bible in the modern world -- 33.
Publisher: Sheffield Phoenix Press; Sheffield Phoenix Press Ltd; Brand: Sheffield Phoenix Press Ltd
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Sheffield [England]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 273
ISBN-13: 9781907534096
Subjects: Sex (Psychology); Religious aspects; Geschlechterrolle; Men in the Bible; Men; Bible; Masculinity; Männlichkeit; Altes Testament; Mann
Other titles: Men & masculinity in the Hebrew Bible & beyond
Description: The study of masculinity in the Bible is increasingly becoming established as a field of critical inquiry in biblical gender studies. This book highlights a variety of methodological approaches that reveal the complex and multifaceted construction of masculinity in biblical and post-biblical literature. It focuses uniquely and explicitly on men and the world they inhabit, documenting changes in the type of men and masculinities deemed legitimate, or illegitimate, across various social and historical contexts of the ancient Near East. At the same time, it interrogates readers' assumptions about the writers' positioning of male bodies, sexuality and relationships in a gender order created to reflect men's interests, yet in need of constant reordering In this volume specific features of biblical masculinity are explored: the masculinity of less favoured sons in Genesis (Susan Haddox); the ideology of Temple masculinity in Chronicles (Roland Boer); the masculinity of Moses (Brian DiPalma); the performative nature of masculinity in the Sinai episode (David Clines); Deuteronomy's regimentation of masculinity (Mark George); Joshua's hegemonic masculinity in the Conquest Narrative (Ovidiu Creangă); Naaman's disability in relation to ideologies of masculinity (Cheryl Strimple and Ovidiu Creangă); Job's position as a man in charge in the Testament of Job (Maria Haralambakis); Priestly notions of sexuality in the covenant of the rainbow and circumcision in Genesis (Sandra Jacobs); Samson's masculinity in terms of male honour (Ela Lazarewicz-Wyrzykowska); the popular depiction of Jeremiah as a 'lamenting prophet' against the book of Jeremiah's male ideology (C.J. Patrick Davis); the gendered interaction of a Bible-study group with Daniel's dreams (Andrew Todd). Finally, David Clines and Stephen Moore offer closing critical reflections that situate the book's topics within a broader spectrum of issues in masculinity.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Favoured sons and subordinate masculinities  -- Susan E. Haddox; title: Of fine wine, incense and spices: the unstable masculine hegemony of the Book of Chronicles  -- Roland Boer; title: De/constructing masculinity in Exodus 1-4  -- Brian C. DiPalma; title: Dancing and shining at Sinai: playing the man in Exodus 32-34  -- David J.A. Clines -- Masculinity and its regimentation in Deuteronomy / Mark K. George; title: Variations on the theme of masculinity: Joshua's gender in/stability in the conquest narrative (Josh. 1-12)  -- Ovidiu Creangă; title: 'And his skin returned like a skin of a little boy': masculinity, disability and the healing of Naaman  -- Cheryl Strimple and Ovidiu Creangă; title: 'I am not afraid of anybody, I am the ruler of this land': the portrayal of Job in the Testament of Job  -- Maria Haralambakis; title: Divine virility in priestly representation: its memory and consumation in rabbinic Midrash  -- Sandra Jacobs; title: Samson: masculinity lost (and regained?)  -- Ela Lazarewicz-Wyrzykowska; title: Jeremiah, masculinity and his portrayal as the 'lamenting prophet'  -- C.J. Patrick Davis; title: Negotiating Daniel's masculinity: the appropriation of Daniel's dreams by actual (rather than ideal) readers  -- Andrew Todd; title: Final reflections on biblical masculinity  -- David J.A. Clines; title: Final reflections on biblical masculinity -- Stephen D. Moore.