Unmanly men: refigurations of masculinity in Luke-Acts

This book examines key male characters in Luke-Acts with respect to constructions of gender and masculinity in the Greco-Roman world. Of all Luke's male characters, four in particular problematise elite masculine norms: Zechariah (the father of John the Baptist), the Ethiopian eunuch, Paul, and...

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Main Author: Wilson, Brittany E. (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2015
In:Year: 2015
Reviews:[Rezension von: Wilson, Brittany E., Unmanly men] (2016) (Reid, Barbara E., 1953 -)
Edition:[First edition].
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Lucan writings / Masculinity / Biblical theology
IxTheo Classification:HC New Testament
Further subjects:B Masculinity Religious aspects Christianity History of doctrines, Early church, ca 30-600
B Men in the Bible
B Gender
B Men (Christian theology)
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Erscheint auch als: 9780199325009
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Summary:This book examines key male characters in Luke-Acts with respect to constructions of gender and masculinity in the Greco-Roman world. Of all Luke's male characters, four in particular problematise elite masculine norms: Zechariah (the father of John the Baptist), the Ethiopian eunuch, Paul, and, above all, Jesus. These men do not conform to the strictures of elite masculinity, for they do not protect their bodily boundaries nor do they embody corporeal control.
ISBN:0190229195
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199325009.001.0001