Kelly J. Murphy

Rewriting Masculinity (eBook, ePUB)

Gideon, Men, and Might

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Who is the biblical Gideon? A mighty warrior, or a fearful son? Hesitant solider, clever tactician, commanding father, ruthless killer, idolater, or illegitimate king? Gideon has long challenged readers of the book of Judges. How did so many conflicting portraits become inscribed in our biblical text and its reception? What might these portraits tell us about the authors, editors, and interpreters of Gideon's story-especially their expectations for men? Rewriting Masculinity interweaves redaction criticism, reception history, and masculinity studies to explore how Gideon's image changes from 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 throughout ancient Israel's history, sometimes in order to align the story of Gideon with new ideas about what it meant to act like a man. At other times, she shows that the story of Gideon was used to explain why older standards of masculinity no longer worked in new contexts. Murphy then traces how some later interpreters, from the ancient to the contemporary, continually rewrote Gideon in light of their own models for men, might, and masculinity. Murphy offers an in-depth case study of how a biblical text was continuously updated. Emphasizing the importance of reading biblical stories and expansions alongside their later reception, she shows that the story of Gideon the mighty warrior is, in many ways, the story of masculinity in miniature: a constantly-transforming construct.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Februar 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780190900731
• Artikelnr.: 55093931

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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