Male Friendship, Homosociality, and Women in the Hebrew Bible - Malignant Fraternities

Male alliances, partnerships, and friendships are fundamental to the Hebrew Bible. This book offers a detailed and explicit exploration of the ways in which shared sexual use of women and women's bodies engenders, sustains, and nourishes such relationships in the Hebrew Bible.

Sommario

1 Genesis 38: "Lest We Become a Laughingstock" 2 David, Jonathan, and Saul: Being Good at Being a Man 3: 2 Samuel 13: Rape in the Royal House 4 Genesis 12, 20, and 26: Bromance in Bible 5 Judges 19–21: The Warrior God and His Levite Soldier 6 Judges 4 and 5: Always Mothers, Never Friends

Info autore

Barbara Thiede is Teaching Professor of Judaic Studies in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA. An ordained rabbi, she is also a member of the VAAD, the academic council for the ALEPH Ordination Program, where she teaches Hebrew Bible and Jewish history.

Riassunto

Male alliances, partnerships, and friendships are fundamental to the Hebrew Bible. This book offers a detailed and explicit exploration of the ways in which shared sexual use of women and women’s bodies engenders, sustains, and nourishes such relationships in the Hebrew Bible.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Barbara Thiede
• Editore: Taylor and Francis
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 26.08.2024
• EAN: 9781032027807
• ISBN: 978-1-032-02780-7
• Pagine: 178
• Peso: 300 g
• Serie: Routledge Studies in the Biblical World
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Antichità; Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, Biblical Studies & Exegesis, Old Testaments