Making men: the male coming-of-age theme in the Hebrew Bible
This work 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 representa...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2015
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| In: | Year: 2015 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Wilson, Stephen M., 1978-, Making men] (2018) (Kessler, Gwynn)
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Old Testament
/ Man
/ Growing up
/ Maturity
/ Narrative exegesis
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Masculinity in the Bible
B Maturation (Psychology) Biblical teaching |
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| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
Erscheint auch als: 9780190222826 |
| Summary: | This work 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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| ISBN: | 0190222840 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190222826.001.0001 |