Destabilizing Masculinity: Paul in the Book of Acts and Beyond
In the book of Acts, Luke adapts masculinity according to different narrative contexts, and in the process, ultimately ends up destabilizing masculine norms. To demonstrate Luke’s depiction of an adaptable, yet destabilizing, masculinity, this article focuses on two key episodes involving Paul: (1)...
| 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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De Gruyter
2015
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| In: |
Journal of the bible and its reception
Year: 2015, Volume: 2, Issue: 2, Pages: 241-261 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Paul Apostle
/ Masculinity
/ Vocation
/ Acts of the Apostles
/ Apologetics
/ Butler, Judith 1956-
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| IxTheo Classification: | FD Contextual theology HC New Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Names
B Call B Masculinity B Saul B Apologetic B Judith Butler B social-constructionist B Paul B Conversion B Acts |
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| Summary: | In the book of Acts, Luke adapts masculinity according to different narrative contexts, and in the process, ultimately ends up destabilizing masculine norms. To demonstrate Luke’s depiction of an adaptable, yet destabilizing, masculinity, this article focuses on two key episodes involving Paul: (1) Paul’s conversion as recounted in Acts 9, 22, and 26, and (2) Paul’s transition from “Saul” to “Paul” in Acts 13 and its early reception history. In this brief foray into Acts and beyond, we shall see that, according to Luke, being a “man” of God involves reneging self-control and serving a persecuted “Lord”. |
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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-2015-0013 |