Masculinity Undone: Reading Mark 14.51-52 from El Otro Lado
What did it mean to be manly or masculine in the New Testament world? To be a 'man' or a 'woman' had little to do with biology in Greco-Roman culture. A man must perform and demonstrate his masculinity always, in order to be deemed as a 'real man' (verus vir). Thus, it...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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SCM Press
[2020]
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Concilium
Year: 2020, Issue: 2, Pages: 39-50 |
| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament NBE Anthropology |
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Masculinity
B Bible. New Testament B Human Body B Bible. Markusevangelium 14,51-52 B Religious Aspects |
| Summary: | What did it mean to be manly or masculine in the New Testament world? To be a 'man' or a 'woman' had little to do with biology in Greco-Roman culture. A man must perform and demonstrate his masculinity always, in order to be deemed as a 'real man' (verus vir). Thus, it is unusual that Mark 14.51-52 presents a young man whose masculinity is at odds with social norms during Jesus's arrest. His youthfulness as well as his luxurious linen garment (sindōn) reveals his identity as effeminatus. Moreover, his naked body and running away cowardly in the middle of the night, demonstrate his inability to prove his masculinity. |
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| ISSN: | 0010-5236 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Concilium
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