Rewriting Masculinity
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-061939-8 (ISBN)
By interweaving redaction criticism, reception history, and masculinity studies, Rewriting Masculinity explores how Gideon went from being understood as a mighty warrior to a weakling, from a successful leader to a man who led Israel astray. Kelly J. Murphy first considers the ways that older traditions about Gideon were rewritten at key moments in ancient Israel's history, sometimes so that the story of Gideon might better align with new ideas about what it meant to be a man. At other times, she shows, the story of Gideon was used to explain why older standards of masculinity no longer worked in new contexts. From here, Murphy traces how later generations of interpreters, from the ancient to the contemporary, continually rewrote Gideon in light of their own models for men, might, and masculinity.
Rewriting Masculinity is an in-depth case study of how a biblical text was continuously updated. Emphasizing the importance of reading biblical stories and expansions alongside the later reception history of the narrative, Murphy shows that the story of Gideon the mighty warrior is, in many ways, the story of masculinity in miniature: an ever-changing, always-in-crisis, and constantly-transforming ideal.
Kelly J. Murphy is an Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion at Central Michigan University. She is the co-editor of Apocalypses in Context: Apocalyptic Currents Through History and has published work in Currents in Biblical Research, Journal of the Bible and Its Reception, as well as Bible Odyssey and Religion Dispatches.
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1 - Rewriting Gideon: Qumran, Gender, and Josephus
Chapter 2 - Mighty Warriors?: Men and Masculinities
Chapter 3 - Laying Out the Fleece: Divine Assurance Across the Ages
Chapter 4 - Battlefields: Becoming a Man
Chapter 5 - Fathers and Sons: Cutting Gideon Down to Size
Conclusions
Bibliography
Notes
Index
Erscheinungsdatum | 05.03.2019 |
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Verlagsort | New York |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 239 x 157 mm |
Gewicht | 522 g |
Themenwelt | Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Judentum | |
ISBN-10 | 0-19-061939-2 / 0190619392 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-061939-8 / 9780190619398 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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