Male friendship, homosociality, and women in the Hebrew Bible : malignant fraternities / Barbara Thiede.

"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. Hebrew Bibl...

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Main Author: Thiede, Barbara (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.
Edition:First.
Series:Routledge studies in the biblical world.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. Honesty, transparency, and sight: some introduction
  • Chapter 1. Genesis 38: "Lest we become a laughingstock"
  • Chapter 2. David, Jonathan, and Saul: being good at being a man
  • Chapter 3. 2 Samuel 13: rape in the royal house
  • Chapter 4. Genesis 12, 20, and 26: Bromance in the Bible
  • Chapter 5. Judges 19-21: The warrior God and his Levite soldier
  • Chapter 6. Judges 4 & 5: Always mothers, never friends
  • Conclusion. Toxic for women: conclusions on biblical hegemonic masculinity.