Stephen Wilson

Making Men

The Male Coming-Of-Age Theme in the Hebrew Bible

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Produktbeschreibung

This book identifies seven narratives of male maturation in the Hebrew Bible, and shows how this theme is employed by biblical redactors and narrators to highlight transitions in the historical prose of the Hebrew Bible. It also considers how these stories provide insight into the varying representations of biblical masculinity.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 160mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 481g
• ISBN-13: 9780190222826
• ISBN-10: 0190222824
• Artikelnr.: 47863171

Autorenporträt

Stephen M. Wilson was raised on a family farm in southern Delaware. While attending Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service, he realized that the foreign culture that most fascinated him was ancient Israel, and devoted himself to studying its history and literature. He completed his doctorate at Duke University, where he specialized in social-scientific and literary readings of the Hebrew Bible. He is currently the Conrad J. Bergendoff Visiting Fellow in Religion at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois.

Inhaltsangabe

* Iintroduction: Masculinity Studies, Rites of Passage, and the Absence
of an Extended Treatment of Male Coming of Age in Biblical
Scholarship
* Chapter 1: The Defining Characteristics of Manhood in the Hebrew
Bible
* Chapter 2: The Depiction of Boyhood in the Hebrew Bible
* Chapter 3: Moses and Samuel: Case Studies of Pre-Monarchic Maturation
* Chapter 4: David and Solomon: Case Studies of Royal Maturation
* Chapter 5: Failing To Come of Age in the Hebrew Bible
* Chapter 6: Conclusion
* Appendix: Are There Other Stories of Biblical Male Maturation?