Man and New Man: David’s Masculinity in Film
This paper explores the masculinity of King David in the biblical text alongside three film versions dating to 1951, 1984, and 1997. The paper demonstrates how in different times David's masculinity is constructed to reflect contemporary mores.
| Published in: | Journal of the bible and its reception |
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| Subtitles: | Special Issue: Making Men: The Reception of the Bible in the Construction of Masculinities in Jewish and Christian Con/Texts / Issue Editors: Ovidiu Creanga, Adriaan van Klinken, Jorunn Økland and Peter-Ben Smit |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
De Gruyter
2015
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| In: |
Journal of the bible and its reception
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
David, Israel, König
/ Jonathan
/ Masculinity
/ Homosexuality
/ Filming
/ Film
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| IxTheo Classification: | FD Contextual theology HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Hebrew Bible
B Masculinity B Homoeroticism B Jonathan B Film B David B Bathsheba |
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| Summary: | This paper explores the masculinity of King David in the biblical text alongside three film versions dating to 1951, 1984, and 1997. The paper demonstrates how in different times David's masculinity is constructed to reflect contemporary mores. |
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| ISSN: | 2329-4434 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of the bible and its reception
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/jbr-2015-0012 |